Medicinal herbs in India
Plants below appear in FloraLexicon’s regional index for India (merged ethnobotanical slice). Use them as a starting point—always verify identification and local regulations.
Traditional and medicinal use varies by species and source. Follow links to each plant’s page for indexed use categories, or open a name hub when the same label may refer to more than one species.
Common names recorded in India
Each label opens the name hub for that spelling in FloraLexicon’s index.
- Ganoderma
- Murungai
- Tagar
- अदरक
- अमेरिकी जिनसेंग
- अलसी
- अश्वगंधा
- इलायची
- एकिनेशिया
- एला
- एल्डरबेरी
- ओरिगैनो
- कलौंजी
- काला जीरा
- काली मिर्च
- कासिया दालचीनी
- केसर
- कोथिंबीर
- कोरियन जिनसेंग
- गुड़हल
- ग्रीन टी
- घृतकुमारी
- चाइव्स
- चाय
- चिया
- चिया बीज
- चीनी दालचीनी
- चुक्कू
- जिनसेंग
- जिन्को
- जिन्को बिलोबा
- ज़ेदोआरिया
- डैंडेलियन
- तुलसी
- थाइम
- दालचीनी
- धनिया
- नीम
- पिप्पली
- पुदीना
- पेरूवियन जिनसेंग
- पैशन फ्लावर
- प्याज़
- बबूना
- बिच्छू बूटी
- ब्लैक एल्डर
- माका
- मीठी तुलसी
Indexed species for India
- Allium cepaFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Allium sativumFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Allium schoenoprasumFamily Amaryllidaceae
- Aloe veraFamily Asphodelaceae
- Arthrospira platensisFamily Microcoleaceae
- Aspalathus linearisFamily Fabaceae
- Azadirachta indicaFamily Meliaceae
- Camellia sinensisFamily Theaceae
- Cinnamomum cassiaFamily Lauraceae
- Cinnamomum verumFamily Lauraceae
- Coriandrum sativumFamily Apiaceae
- Crocus sativusFamily Iridaceae
- Curcuma longaFamily Zingiberaceae
- Curcuma zedoariaFamily Zingiberaceae
- Echinacea purpureaFamily Asteraceae
- Elettaria cardamomumFamily Zingiberaceae
- Foeniculum vulgareFamily Apiaceae
- Ganoderma lucidumFamily Ganodermataceae
- Ginkgo bilobaFamily Ginkgoaceae
- Hibiscus sabdariffaFamily Malvaceae
- Hypericum perforatumFamily Hypericaceae
- Ilex paraguariensisFamily Aquifoliaceae
- Lavandula × intermediaFamily Lamiaceae
- Lavandula angustifoliaFamily Lamiaceae
- Lepidium meyeniiFamily Brassicaceae
- Linum usitatissimumFamily Linaceae
- Matricaria chamomillaFamily Asteraceae
- Melissa officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Mentha × piperitaFamily Lamiaceae
- Mentha spicataFamily Lamiaceae
- Moringa oleiferaFamily Moringaceae
- Nigella sativaFamily Ranunculaceae
- Ocimum basilicumFamily Lamiaceae
- Ocimum tenuiflorumFamily Lamiaceae
- Origanum vulgareFamily Lamiaceae
- Panax ginsengFamily Araliaceae
- Panax quinquefoliusFamily Araliaceae
- Passiflora incarnataFamily Passifloraceae
- Piper longumFamily Piperaceae
- Piper nigrumFamily Piperaceae
- Rosmarinus officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Salvia hispanicaFamily Lamiaceae
- Salvia officinalisFamily Lamiaceae
- Sambucus nigraFamily Adoxaceae
- Taraxacum officinaleFamily Asteraceae
- Thymus vulgarisFamily Lamiaceae
- Trigonella foenum-graecumFamily Fabaceae
- Urtica dioicaFamily Urticaceae
- Valeriana officinalisFamily Caprifoliaceae
- Withania somniferaFamily Solanaceae
- Zingiber officinaleFamily Zingiberaceae