Biology (plants and animals)

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

Bilimatti in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia arjuna in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Terminalia berryi Wight & Arn. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
· Flora Sylvatica (1869)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1996)
· Fl. Austral. (1864)
· Taxon (1979)

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

Biḷimatti (ಬಿಳಿಮತ್ತಿ):—

1) [noun] the tree Lagerstroemia lanceolata of Lythraceae family; white teak.

2) [noun] the tree Sterculia urens of Sterculiaceae family.

3) [noun] the large-sized, evergreen tree Terminalia arjuna ( = T. glabra) of Combretaceae family.

4) [noun] another tree Terminalia paniculata of the same family.

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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, Matti.

Full-text: Bili matti.

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