Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Inchi [ഇഞ്ചി] in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Zingiber officinale Roscoe from the Zingiberaceae (Ginger) family. For the possible medicinal usage of inchi, 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)

1) Inchi in India is the name of a plant defined with Zingiber officinale in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Amomum zinziba Hill (among others).

2) Inchi in Peru is also identified with Ipomoea batatas It has the synonym Convolvulus attenuatus M. Martens & Galeotti (etc.).

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

· Fl. Sichuanica (1992)
· Candollea (1952)
· Bull. Acad. Bruxelles (1845)
· Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. (1892)
· Fl. Flumin. (1829)
· Bull. Sichuan Sch. Chinese Mater. Med. (1987)

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Inchi is another spelling for इन्ची [incī].—[inca / incī] n. inch;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Incai, Inchi pillu, Inchin-nazuna, Inchippullu, Inci-makay, Incin, Incinir, Incippaku, Incippavai, Incitteru.

Ends with (+39): Akincai, Aminci, Antalikkurinci, Ara golainchi, Ayinci, Bainchi, Bakachinchi, Cenkurinci, Cevvinci, Cincai, Curinci, Galainchi, Golainchi, Incai, Intalankurinci, Irainci, Irinci, Kakachinchi, Kattinchi, Kattupulinchi.

Full-text (+6): Inchi pillu, Arttirakam, Attirakam, Murapa, Narumaruppu, Katuvankam, Paccaikkompu, Allam, Anupacam, Katukkiranti, Incippaku, Katumpalam, Kantattirilekiyam, Cevvinci, Verkkompu, Nallam, Amutan-karantanancu, Virucam, Cuccu, Natkoti.

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