Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Dahu in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Artocarpus lacucha Buch.-Ham. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Artocarpus lakoocha, Artocarpus ficifolius. For the possible medicinal usage of dahu, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Dahu in the Bengali language, ibid. previous identification.

Dahu in the Sanskrit language, ibid. previous identification.

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

Dahu in India is the name of a plant defined with Artocarpus lakoocha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artocarpus lakoocha Wall. ex Roxb. (among others).

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

· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1957)
· Mem. Wern. Soc. (1826)
· Taxon (1977)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology (1937)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ḍahū (डहू).—m A hollowed cocoanut. Used as a cup or vessel. See ḍava.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ḍahū (डहू).—m A hollowed cocoanut.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ḍahu (डहु).—m.

(-huḥ) A tree, (Artocarpus lacucha.) E. dah to burn, affix u, and deriv. irr.; also with ū affix ḍahū m.

(-hūḥ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ḍahu (डहु):—m. Artocarpus Lakuca, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Ḍahū (डहू):—m. Artocarpus Lakuca, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ḍahu (डहु):—(huḥ) 2. m. Artocarpus lacucha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dahu in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ḍahu (ಡಹು):—

1) [noun] the citrus tree Citrus medica (var. decumana) of Rutaceae family.

2) [noun] its fruit.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dahua, Dahuka, Dahula, Dahulanem, Dahur-karanja, Dahura, Dahurahidra, Dahuri, Dahurian angelica, Dahurian patrinia, Dahuta.

Ends with (+31): Adagedahu, Adahu, Addagedahu, Adegedahu, Badahu, Bilgedahu, Darigedahu, Dimdugedahu, Edahu, Edegedahu, Gadahu, Gellagedahu, Gomdalagedahu, Guddugedahu, Halugedahu, Hodahu, Hodegedahu, Horagedahu, Jarugu, Javaligadahu.

Full-text: Hazon-dahy, Kshudrapanasa, Da.

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