Compound plants in the VMS ?

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Aga, in that book, the names beside the plant are not always the different names for the plant (on some folios they are, but on some they are not).


For example, in that pic, the plant does have several names, like Asarum, Baccara, and Hazelwort, but it was not called Archangelica or Ciclamas (the names at the bottom are different plants).


Here is how you can interpret that list of names...

• The top name is correct for this plant (Azaru' = Asarum).
  
• The top two names on the RIGHT are alternate names for the plant (hazelwort).
  
• The bottom two names on the right (weyrachchrawt) refer to Weihrauch kraut, I believe. This is a resinous plant.
  
• Vulgaga is an alternate name for Asarum, I think, but it's so rare in medieval plant books I'm not 100% sure. Maybe it's a copying error.
  
• Spica agreste is one of the alternate names for the plant but it is rare, probably because it is easily confused with another plant of the same name (Celtic nard, similar in shape to spikenard). I have only seen this name for Asarum a few times.
  
• Azarea (Asara) baccarea (Baccara) are common names (although this spelling is not common).
  

The bottom half lists different plants (possibly ones that go together in a recipe?). Archangelica and Ciclamas are common medicinal plants but I have never seen these names used to describe Asarum.