Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Bonga in Central Africa is the name of a plant defined with Pycnanthus angolensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myristica microcephala Benth. (among others).

2) Bonga in Congo is also identified with Pentaclethra macrophylla It has the synonym Harpalyce macrocarpa Britton & P. Wilson.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. (1895)
· Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
· Flora orientalis (1755)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1909)
· Fitoterapia (2008)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Bonga, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bōṅgā (बोंगा).—m The umbilical cord swollen or protruded. 2 or pōṭācā bōṅgā The protuberance of a gravid womb. v vāḍha, phuga; also of a distended paunch or potbelly. 3 An untidy protuberance, about the navel, of the dhōtara or lugaḍēṃ. Pr. aṅgā- pēkṣāṃ bōṅgā mōṭhā. Note. The proverb is applied also, figuratively, to any display or manifestation extravagantly disproportionate. 4 Applied sometimes to an unsightly prominence of the folds of the turban. 5 A large and roundish flower or bud unexpanded.

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bōṅgā (बोंगा) [or बोंगाडा, bōṅgāḍā].—a (bōṅgā the noun.) Loutish or lusty; burly or overgrown. 2 Clumsily big--a garment, an article gen. 3 Dull of understanding, blockish, clodpated, idiotic.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bōṅgā (बोंगा).—m The protuberance of a gravid womb. An untidy protuberance about the navel of the dhōtara or lugaḍēṃ. agāpēkṣāṃ bōṅgā mōṭhā Used of any display extra- vagantly disproportionate.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Bonga-sarjom, Bongabilya, Bongada, Bongali-botora, Bongali-era, Bongando, Bongang, Bongani, Bongardia chrysogonum, Bongas.

Ends with: Bobonga, Cbonga, Ebonga, Gbonga, Ibongabonga, Macha bonga, Mebongabonga, Mobongabonga, Nalubonga, Omumborombonga, Umkhobonga.

Full-text: Bongas, Bonga-sarjom, Macha bonga, Angapeksham-bonga-motha, Anga.

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Search found 4 books and stories containing Bonga, Bōṅgā, Boṅgā; (plurals include: Bongas, Bōṅgās, Boṅgās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Folklore of the Santal Parganas

Chapter CLXXII - The Dead < [Part V]

Chapter CLVII - Ramai and the Bonga < [Part IV]

Chapter C - The Prince Who Would Not Marry < [Part I]

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Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)

16. Aconitum heterophyllum. Wall. < [Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)]

30. Michelia champaca, Linn. < [Magnoliaceae (magnolia family)]

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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)

Part 16 - The Marianne Islands < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]

Part 11 - Philippine Islands < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]

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Triveni Journal

The Agaria < [March 1943]

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