Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Lomba in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Millettia barteri in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lonchocarpus barteri Benth..

2) Lomba in Central African Republic is also identified with Alstonia congensis It has the synonym Echites scholaris L. (etc.).

3) Lomba is also identified with Millettia laurentii.

4) Lomba in Gabon is also identified with Pycnanthus angolensis It has the synonym Myristica microcephala Benth. & Hook.f. (etc.).

5) Lomba in Guinea is also identified with Sorghum bicolor It has the synonym Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. (etc.).

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

· Phytochemistry
· Flora Lusitanica (1995)
· African Journal of Biotechnology (2008)
· Journal of Natural Products
· Kew Bulletin (1961)
· Physiologia Plantarum (2005)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

lōmba (लोंब).—f lōmbaṭa n (lamba S Pendulous.) A head (of rice, wheat, rāḷā, rājagirā, varī, sāvā, bhādalī &c., a pendulous head in general.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

lōmba (लोंब) [-bī, -बी].—f lōmbara n A pendulous head of corn.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Lombada, Lombakala, Lombakalanem, Lombakalani, Lombana, Lombanem, Lombani, Lombara, Lombardy poplar, Lombardy populier, Lombarem.

Ends with: Colomba, Dilomba, Illomba, Ilomba, Kandabalomba, Kolombā, Moulomba, Mulomba, Nlomba.

Full-text: Lombara, Lombi, Valvalam, Lolay, Nyilo.

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