Kalagora, Kāḷāgōrā, Kālāgorā: 2 definitions
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Kalagora 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) Kalagora in India is the name of a plant defined with Stereospermum chelonoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bignonia suaveolens Roxb.) (Bignonia L., named in honor of Abbé Jean Paul Bignon, 1662–1743, librarian to King Louis XIV. See Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 622–625. 1753 and Genera Plantarum Ed. 5. 273. 1754, Genera Plantarum 137. 1789, Henry C. Andrews, The Botanist’s Repository. 2: t. 86. London 1800. (among others).
2) Kalagora is also identified with Stereospermum colais It has the synonym Dipterosperma personatum Hassk. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (6501)
· Supplementum Plantarum Systematis Vegetabilium Editionis Decimae Tertiae (1782)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Bengal (1948)
· Linnaea (1833)
· A review of the references to the Hortus malabaricus (1839)
· Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève (1838)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalagora, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, 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 Dictionarykāḷāgōrā (काळागोरा).—a Dark or fair; black or white; false or true; foul or pure &c.
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.
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