BRILLIANT BOTANICO

Scientific Name: Curcuma longa English Name: Turmeric Gujarati Name: Haldar Hindi Name: Haldi Turmeric has been used in Asia for thousand years and it is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Unani and the animistic rituals of Austronesian peoples. There is linguistic and circumstantial evidence of the spread and use of turmeric by the Austronesian people into Oceania and Madagascar . Curcuma longa is a flowering plant. It is belonging in to family Zingiberaceae . It is commonly called Turmeric, Haldi, Haldar.   The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Plants are gathered each year for their rhizomes, some for propagation in the following season and some for consumption. That requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C. and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. The greatest diversity of Turmeric ...

Scientific Name: Zinger officinale Rosc. English Name: Ginger Hindi Name: Adrak Gujarati Name: Aadu ( આદુ ) Ginger is herbaceous perennial plant. It is belonging in to family Zingiberaceae . It is commonly called “Adrak” or “Ale”. It is native to Southeastern Asia. It is cultivated in many tropical and subtropical countries including India, Nigeria, Australia, Jamaica, Haiti, and China. India and China are the world’s largest producers of ginger.   In India, especially in Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, etc. Ginger has been increasingly used recently because of its low toxicity and its broad spectrum of biological and pharmacological application. Like that Antiviral, Antitumor, Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Antiapoptotic, Cytotoxic, Antiproliferative and Antiplatelet activities. Ginger is a flowering plant. The underground stem known as rhizome. The ginger tha...

Miracle of the Nature Scientific Name: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Gujarati Name: Karolio Hindi Name: Kanphuti Sanskrit Name: Jyotishmati Plant based drug have been used globally for healing  different illnesses in conventional system of medicines. Around 80% of world’s population still depends on medicinal plants for their primary health care needs especially where modern medicines are not accessible.  Cardiospermum halicacabum L. of the Sapindaceae family is a creeping herbaceous plant which propagates easily. It is a tropical genus, widespread in India, South America, and Central Africa. In warm climates it is a perennial species, whereas in rigid winter climates, it  has an annual biological cycle. Cardiospermum is the combination of the Latin word’s cardio meaning heart and sperma meaning seed. Seed is white heart shaped pattern on the seed. Halicacabum is derived from the Latin word halicacabus, a plant with infla...