Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Dunga in India is the name of a plant defined with Stereospermum suaveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stereospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC..

2) Dunga in Kenya is also identified with Acacia drepanolobium It has the synonym Vachellia drepanolobium (Harms ex Sjostedt) P.J.H. Hurter (etc.).

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

· Australian Journal of Botany (1997)
· Nature (1999)
· Bibliothèque universelle de Genève. (1838)
· Plant-Book
· Schwed. Zool. Exped. Kilimandjaro (1908)

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

ḍuṅga (डुंग).—m A hillock or an eminence; a sharp and peaked rising. Hence, and more commonly, A pile or heap; a conical stack or rick.

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ḍuṅgā (डुंगा).—m A mount or an eminence; a sharp and peaked rising.

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

ḍuṅgā (डुंगा).—m A mount or an eminence.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dunga-calaka, Dungamufiki, Dungara, Dungari, Dungaro, Tunka-mattimaputti, Tunkacekaram, Tunkalan, Tunkalocai, Tunkam, Tunkamai, Tunkamuttu, Tunkan, Tunkanam, Tunkani, Tunkapattirai, Tunkapattiri, Tunkarikam, Tunkatai, Tunkavilakku.

Ends with: Bhakariyanivadunga, Bodaka Nivadunga, Bondanivadunga, Caudhari Nivadunga, Hadunga, Hurdunga, Hurdunga, Muradunga, Natunka, Ndunga, Nivadunga, Padyaanivadunga, Pancadhari Nivadunga, Phadyanivadunga, Phaninishdunga, Phanyanivadunga, Rananivadunga, Sabari Nivadunga, Tidhari Nivadunga, Vayinivadunga.

Full-text: Dungi.

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