Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kasarkana in India is the name of a plant defined with Glycosmis pentaphylla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Limonia arborea Roxb. (among others).

2) Kasarkana is also identified with Strychnos nux-vomica It has the synonym Strychnos nux-vomica var. oligosperma Dop (etc.).

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

· Prodr. Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ Orient. (1834)
· Not. Pl. Asiat. (1854)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Rumphia (1836)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1805)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)

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

Kāsarkaṇa (ಕಾಸರ್ಕಣ):—[noun] = ಕಾಸರ್ಕ [kasarka].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kasarkana mara, Kasarkanamara.

Full-text: Kasarkana mara.

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