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Source: PMC: Detoxification of Croton tiglium L. seeds

Croton tiglium (Sanskrit: Kumbhinī) refers to a medicinal plant, the seeds of which are well-known in Ayurveda for its toxicity (severe purgative action). Known as Jamālgoṭa in Hindi, Marathi, and Urdu, the plant Kumbhinī and is used for the treatment of constipation after Śodhana (detoxification process) of the seeds with Godugdha (cow milk).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Croton tiglium L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Croton acutus Thunb., Croton birmanicus Müll.Arg., Croton camaza Perr., Croton himalaicus D.G. Long, Croton jamalgota Buch.-Ham., Croton muricatus Blanco, nom. illeg., Croton officinalis (Klotzsch) Alston, Croton pavana Buch.-Ham., Croton tiglium var. xiaopadou Y.T. Chang, Croton tiglium var. xiaopadou Y.T. Chang & S.Z. Huang, Croton xiaopadou (Y.T. Chang & S.Z. Huang) H.S. Kiu, Halecus verus Raf., Kurkas tiglium (L.) Raf., Oxydectes birmanica Kuntze, Oxydectes birmanica (Müll. Arg.) Kuntze, Oxydectes blancoana Kuntze, Oxydectes pavana (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze, Oxydectes pavanae Kuntze, Oxydectes pavonii Kuntze, Oxydectes tiglium (L.) Kuntze, Oxydectes tiglium Kuntze, Tiglium cumingii Klotzsch, Tiglium lanceolatum Klotzsch, Tiglium officinale Klotzsch, Tiglium pubescens Klotzsch, Tiglium subincanum Klotzsch.

References regarding Croton tiglium L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum
· Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· FBI (1887)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Wuyi Science Journal (1982)
· Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany (1998)
· Cytologia (1999)

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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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Full-text (+194): Kanakaphala, Tittiriphala, Nepala, Kumbhini, Jamalagota, Dand, Jamalgota, Kattukkattai, Sayabalam, Naepala, Dantibija, Jaypal, Kaypalum, Nepalavemu, Lepchabis, Neervalam, Duntibeeja, Kemalakian, Chemkian, Titteriphala.

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