Alternative spellings of this word include Latar.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Latara in India is the name of a plant defined with Alpinia roxburghii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Languas blepharocalyx (K. Schumann) Handel-Mazzetti (among others).

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

· Symb. Sin.
· Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, or ‘a catalogue of all the plants indigenous or cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged according to the natural system’ (Sweet) (1826)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1978)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1904)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lātarā (लातरा).—a (lāta) Given to kicking.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Latara (लतर) [Also spelled latar]:—(nf) a creeper.

2) Latarā (लतरा):—(nm) a kind of bean used as a vegetable.

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Starts with: Latarada, Lataramma, Latarana, Latarapatara, Latarapatara, Lataraphatara, Latarasana, Latarashtra.

Ends with: Bahulatara, Bolatara, Cancalatara, Kalatara, Mahapphalatara, Malatara, Nishcalatara, Prabalatara, Prithulatara, Shitalatara, Sthalatara, Sthulatara, Taralatara, Tulatara, Vipulatara.

Full-text: Latar.

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