Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Koratam in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia catechu in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia catechuoides Benth. (among others).

2) Koratam is also identified with Strychnos nux-vomica It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (etc.).

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

· Taxon (1980)
· Plant-Book
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· The forest flora of North-West and Central India (1874)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1981)
· Lloydia (1973)

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

Kōratam (கோரதம்) [kō-ratam] noun < gō-ratha. A car, generally drawn by oxen; பெரும்பாலும் எருது களால் இழுக்கப்படும் இரதம். [perumbalum eruthu kalal izhukkappadum iratham.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ratam, Ko.

Starts with: Koratamaram.

Full-text: Kollappanti.

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