Cayappattai: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Cayappattai in India is the name of a plant defined with Ventilago maderaspatana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ventilago bracteata Heyne ex Wallich, nom. nud. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1996)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1852)
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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.
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Ends with: Vecayappattai.
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