Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kainjal in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Bischofia javanica Blume from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Bischofia trifoliata. For the possible medicinal usage of kainjal, 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)

Kainjal in India is the name of a plant defined with Bischofia javanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Microelus roeperianus Wight & Arnott (among others).

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

· Fitoterapia (2001)
· Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1833)
· Pharmacologyonline
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Species Plantarum
· Hooker’s Icones Plantarum (1851)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kainjalka, Kainjalo.

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