Ambiguity: Although Chillika has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Cillika. It further has the optional forms Chillikā.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Chillika in India is the name of a plant defined with Chenopodium album in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Botrys albus Nieuwl. (among others).

2) Chillika is also identified with Chenopodium hederiforme It has the synonym Botrys albus Nieuwl. (etc.).

3) Chillika is also identified with Chenopodium olukondae It has the synonym Chenopodium opulifolium subsp. oluhondae Murray (etc.).

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

· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1766)
· Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (1815)
· Newslett. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. (Pruhonice) (1999)
· Acta Horti Gothoburgensis (1933)
· Flora Mediterranea (1996)
· Taxon (1981)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Chillika, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

context information

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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