Biology (plants and animals)

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

Catticaranai in India is the name of a plant defined with Boerhavia diffusa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boerhavia diffusa var. mutabilis R.Br. (among others).

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

· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1820)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1768)
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
· Mus. Senckenberg.
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Catticāraṇai (சத்திசாரணை) noun Spreading hogweed. See மூக்கிரட்டை. [mukkirattai.] (M. M. 893.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Full-text: Cattuccaranai.

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