Kathi mattu: 1 definition
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Kathi mattu means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kathi mattu in India is the name of a plant defined with Indigofera cassioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anila pulchella (Roxb.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Kathi mattu is also identified with Indigofera hebepetala It has the synonym Indigofera hebepetala Baker ex Baker (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Flora of British India (1876)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Notulae Systematicae (Paris) (1915)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Indian J. Forest. (1984)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1825)
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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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