Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Devakanchan [देवकाञ्चनः] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Bauhinia purpurea Bauhinia purpurea L. from the Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar) family. For the possible medicinal usage of devakanchan, 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.

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

Devakanchan in India is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia purpurea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bauhinia purpurea var. violacea de Wit (among others).

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

· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1852)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Cat. Fl. Venez. (1945)
· Annales Botanices Systematicae (1852)
· Flora (1842)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Devakanchana, Devakanchanam, Devakanchanamu.

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