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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Bilibasuri in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus amplissima Sm. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus indica Willd., Ficus pseudotsiela, Ficus tsjela. For the possible medicinal usage of bilibasuri, 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.

Bilibasuri [ಬಿಳಿಬಸುರಿ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus tsjakela Burm.f. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus tsjahela Burm. f..

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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: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Bilibasuri in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus amplissima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma pseudobenjamineum Miq. (among others).

2) Bilibasuri is also identified with Ficus tsiela It has the synonym Ficus tsiela Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham..

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

· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Taxon (1979)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· The Cyclopaedia (1810)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Biḷibasuri (ಬಿಳಿಬಸುರಿ):—[noun] the ficus tree Ficus tsiela of Moraceae family; yellow barked fig.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Bili, Basuri.

Full-text: Bilibasari.

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