Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Karparala in India is the name of a plant defined with Aleurites moluccana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mallotus moluccanus (L.) Müll.Arg. (among others).

2) Karparala is also identified with Juglans regia It has the synonym Juglans kamaonia (C. DC.) Dode (etc.).

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

· Bulletin de la Société Dendrologique de France (1906)
· Linnaea (1865)
· Phytologia (1971)
· Journal of Natural Products (2010)
· Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, (1911)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Karparāla (कर्पराल).—The Pilu tree.

Derivable forms: karparālaḥ (कर्परालः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karparāla (कर्पराल).—m.

(-laḥ) A tree, described as a Pilu growing in the hills. E. karpara the skull, &c. and al to adorn, aṇ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karparāla (कर्पराल):—[from karpara] m. [varia lectio] for kandarāla q.v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Karparāla (कर्पराल):—[karparā+la] (laḥ) 1. m. A tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Karparala in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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