Kattumurunkai: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kattumurunkai in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinnamomum tamala in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Laurus tamala Buch.-Ham. (among others).
2) Kattumurunkai is also identified with Indigofera trita It has the synonym Galega frutescens Mill. (etc.).
3) Kattumurunkai is also identified with Justicia adhatoda It has the synonym Adhatoda adhatoda Huth (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Novae Plantarum Species (1821)
· Planta Medica (1989)
· Journal of Palynology (1981)
· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1996)
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