Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kattalari [காட்டலரி] in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Cerbera odollam Gaertn. from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Cerbera dilatata, Odollamia malabarica, Tanghinia odollam. For the possible medicinal usage of kattalari, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Kattalari [காட்டலரி] in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Homonoia riparia Lour. from the Euphorbiaceae (Castor) family having the following synonyms: Adelia neriifolia.

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

Kattalari in India is the name of a plant defined with Tabernaemontana dichotoma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ervatamia polyneura King & Gamble (among others).

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

· Edwards’s Botanical Register
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1935)
· Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, or ‘a catalogue of all the plants indigenous or cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged according to the natural system’, ed. 3 (1839)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1985)
· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’~Uranie~ et la ~Physicienne~ … Botanique (1828)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kattalari, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Kāṭṭalari (காட்டலரி) noun < idem. + அலரி. [alari.]

1. Willow-leaved water croton, large shrub, Homonoia riparia; அலரிவகை. [alarivagai.] (L.)

2. Jungle mango, small tree, Cerbera odollam; நச்சுப்பாலுள்ள ஒருமரம். [nachuppalulla orumaram.] (I. P.)

3. Mango-like cerbera, small tree, Tabernaemontana dichotoma; பாலைவகை. [palaivagai.] (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.

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Full-text: Palai.

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