Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karlakki in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex negundo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agnus-castus negundo Carrière (among others).

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

· Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica (1990)
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1982)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences (1988)
· FBI (1885)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)
· Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. (1846)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karlakki, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Karlakki (ಕರ್ಲಕ್ಕಿ):—[noun] the plant Justicia gendrussa (= Gendrusa vulgaris) of Acanthaceae family.

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

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