Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Gangeruki in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Canthium coromandelicum from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Canthium parviflorum, Plectronia parviflora, Paederia valli-kara, Webera tetrandra. For the possible medicinal usage of gangeruki, 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)

Gangeruki in India is the name of a plant defined with Grewia tenax in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chadara erythraea Schweinf. (among others).

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

· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1889)
· Botanical Journal of South China (1993)
· Fl. Delhi (1963)
· Stud. Fl. Egypt (1956)
· Symbolae Botanicae (1790)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1804)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gangeruki, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Gāṅgerukī (गाङ्गेरुकी).—f. The N.of a plant (Mar. nāgabalā, nāḍedhāmaṇa).

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

Gāṅgerukī (गाङ्गेरुकी).—f. (-kī) A plant, (Hedysarum lagopodioides, but it is variously described.) E. gāṅga Ganges water, īr to go or grow, ukan aff.

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

Gāṅgerukī (गाङ्गेरुकी):—[from gāṅgeruka > gāṅga] f. the plant Uraria lagopodioides, 25.

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

Gāṅgerukī (गाङ्गेरुकी):—(kī) 3. f. A plant (Hedysarum lagopodioides).

[Sanskrit to German]

Gangeruki in German

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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

Gāṃgēruki (ಗಾಂಗೇರುಕಿ):—

1) [noun] the climber Luffa cylindrica ( = L. aegyptiaca, = L. pentandra) of Cucurbitaceae family.

2) [noun] its fruit.

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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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Full-text: Gorakshajambu.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Gangeruki, Gāṅgerukī, Gamgeruki, Gāṃgēruki, Gāṅgēruki; (plurals include: Gangerukis, Gāṅgerukīs, Gamgerukis, Gāṃgērukis, Gāṅgērukis). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)

Chapter 363 - The words denoting earth, city, forest and herbs

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