Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Karimara in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Diospyros ebenum J.König ex Retz. from the Ebenaceae (Ebony) family having the following synonyms: Diospyros ebenaster, Diospyros assimilis, Diospyros timoriana. For the possible medicinal usage of karimara, 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)

Karimara in India is the name of a plant defined with Dalbergia sissoo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. ex DC. (among others).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1981)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Applied Entomology and Zoology (2008)
· Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants (1832)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karimara, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

context information

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karimara (ಕರಿಮರ):—

1) [noun] the tree Dalbergia sissoo (=D. sissosa, = D. sissu) of Papilionaceae family.

2) [noun] the tree Diospyros candolleana of Ebenaceae family; a kind of red ebony.

3) [noun] the tree Diospyros edenum (= D. assimilis) of Ebenaceae family.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Karimaram.

Ends with: Kambalikarimara, Sannelekarimara.

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