Biology (plants and animals)

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

Arippiriyam in India is the name of a plant defined with Barringtonia racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Butonica rosata Miers (among others).

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

· Characteres Generum Plantarum (1775)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1983)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Occasional Papers (2001)

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

Arippiriyam (அரிப்பிரியம்) [ari-piriyam] noun perhaps from idem. + priya. (பரிபாசை அகராதி [paripasai agarathi])

1. Common cadamba; கடம்பு. [kadambu.]

2. Christmas rose; கடுரோகிணி. [kadurogini.]

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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)

Partial matches: Piriyam, Aari, Ari.

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