Kampili, Kāmpilī, Kāmpili: 3 definitions

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Kampili means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, biology, Tamil. 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: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kampili [കമ്പിളി] in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Melicope lunu-ankenda (Gaertn.) T.G. Hartley from the Rutaceae (Lemon) family having the following synonyms: Zanthoxylum roxburghianum, Euodia lunu-ankenda, Evodia roxburghiana. For the possible medicinal usage of kampili, 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)

1) Kampili in India is the name of a plant defined with Careya arborea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barringtonia arborea (Roxb.) F. Muell. (among others).

2) Kampili is also identified with Gardenia gummifera It has the synonym Genipa arborea (Roxb.) Baill. (etc.).

3) Kampili is also identified with Gardenia resinifera It has the synonym Gardenia lucida Roxb. (etc.).

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

· Ned. Kruidk. Arch. (1851)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Afr. J. Tradit. Complement. Altern. Med. (2009)
· Bangladesh J. Pharmacol. (2008)
· Flora Indica (1824)

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

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Kāmpilī (काम्पिली):—[from kāmpila] f. its capital, [Horace H. Wilson]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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