Biology (plants and animals)

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

Cikkiriyan in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa pulchella Roxb. (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1834)
· Species Plantarum.

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

Cīkkiriyaṉ (சீக்கிரியன்) noun See சீக்கிரி. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [sikkiri. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Cīkkiriyāṉ (சீக்கிரியான்) noun See சீக்கிரி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [sikkiri. (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.

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