Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Banaksha in India is the name of a plant defined with Viola betonicifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Viola patrinii DC. ex Ging. var. caespitosa (D. Don) Ridl. (among others).

2) Banaksha is also identified with Viola canescens It has the synonym Viola serpens Wall. ex Ging. var. canescens (Wall.) Hook. f. & Thomson (etc.).

3) Banaksha is also identified with Viola cinerea.

4) Banaksha is also identified with Viola odorata.

5) Banaksha is also identified with Viola patrinii It has the synonym Viola patrinii DC. (etc.).

6) Banaksha is also identified with Viola pilosa It has the synonym Viola serpens var. pseudoscotophylla Boiss. (etc.).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
· Catalogus (1823)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1917)
· Viola (1817)
· Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo (1906)
· Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum (1842)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Banaksha, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, 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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