A basic translation table for some common herbs and fungi.
Genus species (Latin) Sort descending | Common Name | Chinese characters | Chinese transliteration | Sanskrit characters | Sanskrit transliteration |
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Acer negundo | Box elder | 复叶枫 | Fù yè fēng | ||
Aloe vera | Burn plant | 芦荟 | Lu hui | ||
Centella asiatica | Gotu kola | 崩大碗 | Bēng dà wǎn | ||
Chaenomeles speciosa | Flowering quince | 皱皮木瓜 | Zhou Pi Mu Gua | ||
Citrus x aurantium | Sweet orange | 橘子 | Júzi | ||
Coriandrum sativum | Cilantro | 香菜 | Xiang cai | कुस्तुंबरी | Kustumbari |
Curcuma longa | Turmeric | 姜黄 | Jiānghuáng | हरिद्रा | Haridra |
Ephedra sinica | Mormon tea | 麻黃根 | Ma huang gen | ||
Ganoderma lucidum | Bracket fungus | 灵芝 | Ling Zhi | ||
Gardenia jasminoides | Gardenia | 치자 | Chija | ||
Ginkgo biloba | Maidenhair tree | 銀杏 | Yin xing ye | ||
Inonotus obliquus | Chaga | 白桦茸 | Bai hua rong | ||
Irpex rosettiformis | Poretooth rosette | 流苏刺孔菌 | |||
Lobelia chinensis | Asian lobelia | 半边莲 | Bàn biān lián | ||
Mangifera indica | Mango | 杧果 | Mángguǒ | आमरम | Aamram |
Matricaria chamomilla | Chamomille | 洋甘菊 | Yáng gānjú | ||
Panax ginseng | Korean Ginseng | 人参 | Rén shēn | ||
Picea abies | Norway spruce | 欧洲云杉 | Ou zhou yun shan | ||
Pleurotus ostreatus | Oyster mushroom | 平菇 | Píng gū | ||
Rhus typhina | Staghorn sumac | 鼠傷寒 | Shǔ shānghán | इति | |
Salvia rosmarinus | Rosemary | 迷迭香 | Mí dié xiāng | ||
Scutellaria indica | Skullcap | 韩信草 | Han xin cao | ||
Spinellus fusiger | Bonnet mold | 紡錘孢傘菌黴 | |||
Tilia americana | American basswood | 美洲椴樹 | Měizhōu duàn shù | लिण्डेन वृक्षः | |
Trametes versicolor | Turkey tail | 雲芝 | Yun zhi | ||
Tricholoma matsutake | Pine mushroom | 松茸 | Hanyu Pinyin | ||
Zingiber officinale | Ginger | 生薑 | Sheng jiang | आर्द्रक | Ardraka |