Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kimba in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Xylopia aethiopica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Xylopicrum aethiopicum (Dunkley) Kuntze (among others).

2) Kimba in Nigeria is also identified with Xylopia parviflora It has the synonym Unona oxypetala De Candolle (etc.).

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

· J. Med. Food. (2011)
· Flora of West Tropical Africa (1927)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1841)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1883)
· Historia Fisica Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba, Botanica (1845)
· Botanique (1899)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kimba, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, 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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kimba (किम्ब):—m. a kind of tree, [Nalacampū or damayantīkathā]

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

Kimbā (किम्बा):—conj. Or, else, moreover.

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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)

Starts with: Kimbahuna, Kimbala, Kimbalapala, Kimbalu, Kimbandza, Kimbandzia, Kimbar rafi, Kimbar-mahalba, Kimbara, Kimbare, Kimbarum, Kimbaza.

Ends with: Mukimba.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Kimba, Kimbā; (plurals include: Kimbas, Kimbās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Great Chariot (by Longchenpa)

Part 2a.5 - For those having the family of the Mahayana it will be established < [B. The teaching of the three factors of immovable samadhis]

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