Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cekkavuri in India is the name of a plant defined with Tephrosia spinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cracca spinosa (L.f.) Kuntze (among others).

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

· Synopsis Plantarum (1807)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Cekkavuri (செக்கவுரி) noun probably from செக்கர் [sekkar] + அவுரி. [avuri.] Spinous wild indigo. See கற்சூரை. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [karsurai. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cekkavuricceti.

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