Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kala-kasturi in India is the name of a plant defined with Abelmoschus moschatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hibiscus collinsianus Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray (among others).

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

· Quart. J. Forest Res. (1999)
· Ueber einige kunstliche Geschlecter aus der Malven-Familie (1787)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007)
· Syst. Bot. Monogr. (1988)
· The Flora of British India (1875)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kala-kasturi, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, 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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālakastūrī (कालकस्तूरी).—f. (-rī) A plant, (Hibiscus abelmoschus.) E. kāla black, and kastūrī musk; the seeds having a smell of musk when rubbed.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālakastūrī (कालकस्तूरी):—[=kāla-kastūrī] [from kāla] f. Hibiscus Abelmoschus (the seeds smelling of musk when rubbed), [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kālakastūrī (कालकस्तूरी):—[kāla-kastūrī] (rī) 3. f. A plant (Hibiscus abelmoschus).

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalakasturi in German

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kala, Kasturi.

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