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ISABGOL / PSYLLIUM

Plantago ovata

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Plantaginales/ Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Plantago L.
Species: ovata, psyllium and others
Botanical Name: Plantago ovata Forsskal
Synonym
P. albicans Hort.ex Roem & Schult., P. argentea Desf., P. declinata Hort ex Roem & Schult.,
P. decumbens Forsskal, P. Ispaghula Roxb. ex Flem.

Common names
Desert Plantago, Indian plantain, Desert Indianwheat, blond psyllium,
Vernacular names
Hindi: Isapghul, Isabgol, isphagul
Sanskrit: Asvagola, Asvakarna, Isadgola, Ishadgol, Isvarabola, Shlakshnajira
Gujarati: Isabagola
Kannada: Esabakolu, Esabgolu
Malayalam: Ispaghal, Karkatasrinji, Snigddhajirakam
Marathi: Isabagol
Tamil: Aliyakocam, Aliyakocavirai, Capja, Icapkol
Telagu: Isapagala, Isapagalavittulu
Urdu: Ispaghul, Subus isapghol
Habitat and distribution

It is indigenous to Mediterranean region and West Asia and also distributed from Canary
Islands across Southern Spain, North Africa, Middle East and North-Western Asia. Plantago

80 Major gum and resin plants of India