Biology (plants and animals)

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

Hardu in India is the name of a plant defined with Haldina cordifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nauclea sterculiifolia A. Rich. ex DC.) (Adina Salisb., from the Greek adinos ‘clustered, plentiful, crowded’, referring to the clustered flowers. (among others).

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

· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· The Paradisus Londinensis (1807)
· Forest Fl. N.W. India (1874)
· Genera Plantarum (1873)
· Blumea (1978)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hardu (ಹರ್ದು):—

1) [noun] any of various accipitrine birds with long, pointed wings and, usu. a forked tail, which prey esp. on insects, reptiles, and small mammals; a kite.

2) [noun] the kite, Haliastur indus of Accipitridae family, with white head, neck and breast, strong, curved beak, bright brown wings, forked tail, (regarded as the vehicle of Viṣṇu); Brahmini kite.

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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: Harduli, Hardure.

Ends with: Khurduphardu, Pachardu, Suphardu.

Full-text: Shatakratu, Kathina.

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