Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kaliyakam in India is the name of a plant defined with Coscinium fenestratum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebrooke (among others).

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1821)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1990)
· Food and Chemical Toxicology

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

Kaliyakam (கலியகம்) noun cf. கலிங்கம். [kalingam.] Seeds of conessi bark; வெட்பாலையரிசி. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [vedpalaiyarisi. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kaliyakam, Kaliyagam; (plurals include: Kaliyakams, Kaliyagams). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

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