Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kacakanni in India is the name of a plant defined with Alocasia macrorrhizos in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Colocasia peregrina (L.) Raf. (among others).

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

· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Hortus Britannicus (1839)
· Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt (1854)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1841)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Litteratur, Theater und Mode (1829)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kacakaṉṉi (கசகன்னி) [kaca-kaṉṉi] noun < gaja-karṇī. See கசகர்ணி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [kasagarni. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kanni, Kaca.

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