Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cacana in Mozambique is the name of a plant defined with Momordica balsamina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Momordica involucrata E. Mey. ex Sond. (among others).

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1966)
· Bothalia (1962)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1989)
· Species Plantarum
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1888)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

cācaṇa (चाचण).—n A mosquito.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Starts with: Cacanakkani, Cacanam, Cacanampannu, Cacanapattiram, Cacanavirutti.

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