Gambura, Gaṃbūra, Gambūra: 2 definitions
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Gambura in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Camphora officinarum Fabr. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Nouvelles archives du muséum d’histoire naturelle (1913)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Gambura, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
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
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGaṃbūra (ಗಂಬೂರ):—[noun] a volatile, crystalline ketone, C10H16O, with a strong characteristic odour, derived from the wood of the camphor tree or synthetically from pinene, used to protect fabrics from moths, in manufacturing cellulose plastics, in medicine as an irritant and stimulant and for lights to be waved before a deity; camphor.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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