Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Fitta in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Marantochloa cuspidata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arundastrum cuspidatum (Roscoe) Kuntze (among others).

2) Fitta is also identified with Marantochloa filipes It has the synonym Clinogyne oligantha (K. Schumann) K. Schum. (etc.).

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

· Niger flora, or ‘An enumeration of the plants of western tropical Africa’ (1849)
· Journal de Botanique (Morot) (1909)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1908)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1892)
· Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1897)
· Monandr. Pl. Scitam. (1828)

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Fitta is another spelling for फिट्टा [phiṭṭā].—[phiṭṭā / phiṭṭe] adj. 1. alone; living in separation; 2. single; unmarried;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Fittaho.

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