Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Hillala in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus microcarpa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma amblyphyllum Miquel (among others).

2) Hillala is also identified with Ficus retusa It has the synonym Ficus nitida Thunb. (etc.).

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

· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum (1963)
· Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1905)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Hillala, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hillāla (ಹಿಲ್ಲಾಲ):—[noun] the fig tree Ficus benjamina ( = F. retusa) of Moraceae family.

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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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