Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Latikarum in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb. from the Rubiaceae (Coffee) family having the following synonyms: Hymenodictyon excelsum, Cinchona excelsa. For the possible medicinal usage of latikarum, 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.

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

Latikarum in India is the name of a plant defined with Hymenodictyon orixense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb., nom. nud. (among others).

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

· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1830)
· Flora Indica (1824)
· Bot. Descr. Swietenia (1793)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)

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

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