Kesarchettu: 2 definitions

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Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kesarchettu [కేసరచెట్టు] in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Crinum asiaticum L. from the Amaryllidaceae (Nargis) family. For the possible medicinal usage of kesarchettu, 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.

Kesarchettu [కేసరచెట్టు] in the Telugu language is the name of a plant identified with Crinum viviparum (Lam.) R.Ansari & V.J.Nair from the Amaryllidaceae (Nargis) family having the following synonyms: Amaryllis vivipara, Crinum ensifolium.

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

1) Kesarchettu in India is the name of a plant defined with Crinum asiaticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bulbine asiatica Gaertn. (among others).

2) Kesarchettu is also identified with Crinum viviparum It has the synonym Amaryllis coenosa Herb. Ham. ex Hook.f. (etc.).

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

· Cytologia (1998)
· Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts (1817)
· Bombay Fl. (1861)
· Fl. Savantwadi (1990)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1883)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)

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

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