India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Allam (“ginger”) is one of the exogamous septs (divisions) among the Malas (considered the Pariahs of the Telugu country) of the Pokunati section. The Mala people are almost equally inferior in position to the Madigas and have, in their various sub-divisions, many exogamous septs (e.g., Allam).

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Allam [శొంటి, అల్లపు చెట్టు, అల్లము] in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Zingiber officinale Roscoe from the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) family. For the possible medicinal usage of allam, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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

Allam in India is the name of a plant defined with Zingiber officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amomum zinziba Hill (among others).

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

· Cytologia (1998)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1820)
· Current Science (1982)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1998)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Allam, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Allam (அல்லம்) noun [Telugu: allamu, K. alla.] Ginger. See இஞ்சி. (திவா.) [inchi. (thiva.)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Allama, Allamaande gida, Allamagallama, Allamal, Allamalum, Allamamda, Allaman, Allamanda blanchetii, Allamanda cathartica, Allamanda schottii, Allamandagide, Allamaprabhudeva, Allamka, Allamkagol, Allamu, Allamu-chettu.

Ends with (+6): Accapallam, Adas musallam, Ballam, Callam, Courtallam, Cukavallam, Ispaghul musallam, Kaippallam, Kallam, Mallam, Musallam, Nallam, Othallam, Pallam, Patukallam, Pottipallam, Sallam, Tampuravallam, Temperuvallam, Tiruvallam.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Allam; (plurals include: Allams). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

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