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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Bhūriphalī (भूरिफली) is another name for Pāṇḍuraphalī an unidentified medicinal plant, possibly identified with either (1) Potarphalam, (2) Manamande (in Marathi) or (3) Pandurphalare (in Kannada), according to verse 5.130-131 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Bhūriphalī and Pāṇḍuraphalī, there are a total of six Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Flowers of India: Sanskrit names

Bushweed is an erect shrub 1.5-4 m tall with branches cylindrical or obtusely angular when young, gray. Final branchlets are spine-tipped, cylindrical and rigid. Leaf stalks are 2-8 mm, grooved. Leaf blade is elliptic, obovate, or round, 1.3-2.5 × 1-1.5 cm, papery to thinly leathery. Leaf margin is not toothed and the tip is rounded. Flower cymes arise in leaf axils or at leafless nodes. Flowers are tiny, yellowish. Male flowers have 5 petals, 5 stamens. Female flowers have 5 sepals, elliptic or ovate, 0.6-0.8 mm; disk annular. Fruit is a nearly spherical berry, about 4 mm in diameter, whitish when ripe. Flowering: April-July.

Common name: Bushweed, cool pot, Indian snow berry, thermacole plant, white honey shrub • Hindi: Shinar, Ainta • Marathi: पांढरफळी pandharphali • Tamil: முல்லுபுலட்டீ Mulluppulatti • Malayalam: ചെരിംക്ലാവ് cerimklaav • Telugu: పులుగుడు pulugudu • Kannada: Kandekuvana, Hooli, Bilchuli • Konkani: Parpo • Gujarati: હુમ્રી Humri • Sanskrit: भूरिफली bhuriphali, पान्डुफली panduphali, श्वेतकम्बुज shwetakambuja

Botanical name: Flueggea leucopyrus

Family: Phyllanthaceae (Amla family)

Synonyms: Securinega leucopyrus, Phyllanthus leucopyrus

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bhuriphali [भूरिफली] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Flueggea leucopyrus Willd. from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Securinega leucopyrus, Phyllanthus leucopyrus. For the possible medicinal usage of bhuriphali, 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)

Bhuriphali in India is the name of a plant defined with Flueggea leucopyrus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phyllanthus lucena B. Heyne ex Roth (among others).

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

· De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen (1824)
· Numer. List (7937)
· Species Plantarum. (1806)
· Bot. Porto Rico (1924)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bhūriphalī (भूरिफली):—[=bhūri-phalī] [from bhūri > bhū] f. a species of shrub, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhuriphali in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Phali, Bhuri.

Full-text: Panduraphali.

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