Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kampuputpi in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin. from the Poaceae (Grass) family having the following synonyms: Andropogon aciculatus, Andropogon acicularis. For the possible medicinal usage of kampuputpi, 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)

Kampuputpi in India is the name of a plant defined with Chrysopogon aciculatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chloris gryllus (L.) Honck. (among others).

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

· Mémoires de la Société d’Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d’Angers (1831)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany (1850)
· A list of the grasses of N.W. India, indigenous and cultivated (1883)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa (1826)
· Cyperaceae et Gramineae Siculae (1820)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kampuputpi, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, 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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Starts with: Kampuputpikam.

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