Biology (plants and animals)

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

Kanturi in India is the name of a plant defined with Coccinia grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cephalandra indica (Wight & Arn.) Naudin, nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Cytologia (1991)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1836)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kantūri (கந்தூரி) noun Prickly sesban. See செங்கிடை. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [sengidai. (pingalagandu)]

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Kantūri (கந்தூரி) noun < Kanarese kandūrī. See கந்திரி¹. [kanthiri¹.] (G. T n. D. i. 360.)

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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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