Pharmacographia Indica

What it is

A history of the principal plant drugs of British India, issued in parts from 1890 to 1893. For each plant it gathers what Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian medical writers said, current Indian bazaar and household use, and the chemistry of the day.

Whose knowledge it records

Compiled by British officials in India, quoting and translating Sanskrit (Ayurvedic), Arabic and Persian (Unani) texts and the practice of Indian physicians and households.

Passages transcribed

• ALPINIA OFFICINARUM, Hance. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 437–438)
• ASPARAGUS SARMENTOSUS, Willd. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, p. 483)
• BOSWELLIA SERRATA, Roxb. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, pp. 302–303)
• BRASSICA JUNCEA, H. f. and T. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, pp. 123–125)
• CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS, Linn. CAPSICUM MINIMUM, Roxb. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 563–564)
• CARYOPHYLLUS AROMATICUS, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, p. 20)
• CLITORIA TERNATEA, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, pp. 459–460)
• CORIANDRUM SATIVUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 129–130)
• CROCUS SATIVUS, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, p. 454)
• CUMINUM CYMINUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, p. 114)
• ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM, Maton. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 428–429)
• GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE, Br. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 451–452)
• HERPESTIS MONNIERA, H. B. et K. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, p. 8)
• HYDROCOTYLE ASIATICA, Linn History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 107–108)
• MELIA AZADIRACHTA, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, p. 323)
• MOMORDICA CHARANTIA, Linn. Description, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 78–79)
• MYRISTICA FRAGRANS, Houtt. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 192–193)
• NIGELLA SATIVA, Sibthorp. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, p. 28)
• OCIMUM SANCTUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 86–87)
• ORIGANUM MARJORANA, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 108–109)
• Other allied Gum Resins. (vol. 1, pp. 310–311)
• PEUCEDANUM GRAVEOLENS, Benth. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, p. 128)
• PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, p. 262)
• PIPER CUBEBA, Linn. f. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 180–181)
• PIPER LONGUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, pp. 176–178)
• PIPER NIGRUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 3, p. 168)
• RHUS CORIARIA, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, p. 373)
• TERMINALIA ARJUNA, Bedd. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 11–12)
• TERMINALIA BELERICA, Roxb. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 5–6)
• TERMINALIA CHEBULA, Retz. History Uses, &c. (vol. 2, pp. 1–3)
• TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA, Miers. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, p. 55)
• TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, pp. 243–244)
• TRIGONELLA FŒNUM-GRÆCUM, Linn. History, Uses, &c. (vol. 1, pp. 401–402)