Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Katukanda in India is the name of a plant defined with Allium sativum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Porrum ophioscorodon (Link) Rchb. (among others).

2) Katukanda is also identified with Moringa ovalifolia It has the synonym Moringa erecta Salisb. (etc.).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1785)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1963)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1946)
· Ceiba (2003)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1825)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṭukanda (कटुकन्द).—

1) ginger, the fresh root or the plant.

2) garlic.

Derivable forms: kaṭukandaḥ (कटुकन्दः), kaṭukandam (कटुकन्दम्).

Kaṭukanda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kaṭu and kanda (कन्द).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṭukanda (कटुकन्द).—mn.

(-ndaḥ-ndraṃ) 1. A plant, (Morunga guilandina, and Hyperanthera.) 2. Ginger, the fresh root or the plant. 3. Garlic. E. kaṭu, and kanda a root; having a pungent root.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kaṭukanda (कटुकन्द):—[=kaṭu-kanda] [from kaṭu > kaṭ] m. ginger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] garlic, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] Hyperanthera Moringa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṭukanda (कटुकन्द):—(ndaḥ) 1. m. n. A plant (Morunja); ginger, garlic.

[Sanskrit to German]

Katukanda in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Katu, Kanda.

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