Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Genasu in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don from the Araceae (Arum) family having the following synonyms: Alocasia indica, Alocasia montana. For the possible medicinal usage of genasu, 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.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Geṇasu (ಗೆಣಸು):—

1) [noun] the plant Ipomoea batatas of Convolvulaceae family.

2) [noun] its starchy, edible, bulbous root, sweet potato.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Genasu-gadda, Genasu-gadde, Genasusakkare.

Full-text (+19): Kadugenasu, Maragenasu, Sihigenasu, Tunagenasu, Halugenasu, Sigenasu, Tavaregenasu, Nulegenasu, Sudagenasu, Tuppagenasu, Magaligenasu, Genasusakkare, Duppegenasu, Nurelegenasu, Biligenasu, Mudigenasu, Adavigenasu, Jirigegenasu, Hamdigenasu, Guddagenasu.

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Ancient Science of Life

Medicinal importance of some common indian vegetables part i < [Volume 4 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1985]

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