Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

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

· Flora of the British India (1887)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1866)
· Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. (1912)

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

Ceṅkaṭampu (செங்கடம்பு) [ceṅ-kaṭampu] noun < idem. +. Small Indian oak, medium tree, Barringtonia acutangula; கடம்பமரவகை. [kadambamaravagai.] (பத்துப்பாட்டு [pathuppattu] 10, உரை. [urai.])

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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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Partial matches: Cen, Katampu.

Full-text: Sengadambu, Amantalati, Amamikkatampu, Maravam, Nipam.

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