Kaner: 3 definitions

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Kaner means something in Hindi, biology. 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.

Ambiguity: Although Kaner has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Kanera.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kaner [कनेर] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Nerium oleander L. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Nerium indicum, Nerium odorum. For the possible medicinal usage of kaner, 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) Kaner in India is the name of a plant defined with Cascabela thevetia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cerbera peruviana Pers. (among others).

2) Kaner is also identified with Nerium oleander It has the synonym Tabernaemontana panamensis (Markgr., Boiteau & L. Allorge) Leeuwenb. (etc.).

3) Kaner is also identified with Thevetia peruviana It has the synonym Cerbera linearifolia Stokes (etc.).

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

· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Synopseos Plantarum (1805)
· Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1900)
· Mag. Bot. (1837)
· Phys. (1790) (1790)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)

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

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kaner in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) oleander—the plant or the flower..—kaner (कनेर) is alternatively transliterated as Kanera.

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