Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karuntuvarai in India is the name of a plant defined with Dalbergia lanceolaria 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 lanceolaria Moon.

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

· Cat. Pl. Ceylon (1824)
· The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Pharmaceutical biology (2005)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1978)

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

Karuntuvarai (கருந்துவரை) [karu-tuvarai] noun < idem. +.

1. Angola pea. See மலைத்துவரை. [malaithuvarai.]

2. Blackwood. See தோதகத்தி. [thothagathi.]

3. Bourdillon's apple-fruited ebony,

1. transitive, Diospyros bourdilloni; மரவிசேடம். [maravisedam.] (L.)

4. Topasi ebony of Bengal, medium tree, Diospyros topasia; ஒருவகை மரம். [oruvagai maram.] (L.)

5. Panicle-flowered ebony, medium tree, Diospyros paniculata; மரவகை. [maravagai.] (L.)

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Karu, Tuvarai.

Full-text: Tuvarai.

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