Karanju: 1 definition
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Karanju means something in 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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Karanju in India is the name of a plant defined with Caesalpinia bonduc in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guilandina grisebachiana (Kuntze) Krug & Urban ex Duss (among others).
2) Karanju is also identified with Caesalpinia crista It has the synonym Genista scandens Lour. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1974)
· Some beautiful Indian climbers and shrubs (1954)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Hortus Kewensis (1811)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1860)
· Flora Japonica (1784)
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