Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karuppuram in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum camphora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinnamomum camphoroides Hayata (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1864)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores (1831)
· Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (1830)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1998)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Karuppuram, for example side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, 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

Karuppuram (கருப்புரம்) noun < karpūra. See கர்ப்பூரம். கருப்புரந் துதைந்த கல்லுயர் மணித்தோள் [karppuram. karuppuran thuthaintha kalluyar manithol] (கல்லாடம் [kalladam] 10).

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Karuppūram (கருப்பூரம்) noun < karpūra. See கர்ப்பூரம். தொகுகருப்பூரமுஞ் சுமந்துடன் வந்த [karppuram. thogukaruppuramugn sumanthudan vantha] (சிலப்பதிகாரம் அரும்பதவுரை [silappathigaram arumbathavurai] 14, 109).

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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)

Starts with: Karuppuramaram.

Ends with: Paccaikkaruppuram.

Full-text: Paccaikkaruppuram, Tarucaram, Mukavacam, Vitu.

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