Japala, Japāḷa, Japāla: 3 definitions
Introduction:
Japala means something in Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Japala in India is the name of a plant defined with Croton tiglium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes birmanica (Müll. Arg.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Japala is also identified with Scolopia crenata.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum
· FBI (1887)
· Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany (1998)
· Cytologia (1999)
· Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Japala, for example health benefits, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryjapāḷa (जपाळ).—m (Vulgar for jēpāḷa q. v. The ja is Ja.) A plant and its nut.
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jāpāḷa (जापाळ).—m (The jā is Ja.) A plant. See jēpāḷa.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusJāpāḷa (ಜಾಪಾಳ):—
1) [noun] the plant Croton tigilium of Euphorbiaceae family.
2) [noun] its seed used as a purgative.
3) [noun] ಜಾಪಾಳವನ್ನು ಕೊಡು [japalavannu kodu] jāpāḷavannu koḍu to scare (another) utterly.
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: Japala beeja, Japalada, Japalada-bija, Japalam, Japalamatre.
Ends with: Ajapala, Danti-yajapala, Prajapala, Rajapala, Sahajapala, Samjapala, Sanjapala, Tejapala.
Full-text: Japala beeja, Japalamatre.
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