In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Kalalāvī (or Kaḻalāvī) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal climber “Gloriosa superba L.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Rhizome”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kalalavi in India is the name of a plant defined with Gloriosa superba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Methonica platyphylla Klotzsch (among others).

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

· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1965)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1913)
· Taxon (2007)
· Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (1846)
· Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1891)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kalalavi, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, health benefits, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kaḷalāvī (कळलावी).—f Canchorie root-plant, Tragia involucrata. 2 A flower tree and flower, Yucca gloriosa or Gloriosa superba.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kalalavitu.

Full-text: Indraparni, Indrapushpa, Ksharashatka, Agnishikha, Sthalasthalakamala, Amula, Amulaka.

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