Ambiguity: Although Lotan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Lotana.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Lotan in India is the name of a plant defined with Imperata cylindrica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler (among others).

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

· Flora (1846)
· Flora Hongkongensis (1861)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae (1841)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Annali di Botanica (1987)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Lotan, for example health benefits, side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Lotan in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) weltering, rolling; tumbling; —[kabutara] a kind of pigeon..—lotan (लोटन) is alternatively transliterated as Loṭana.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Lokatantra, Lotan hansraj, Lotana, Lotanacala, Lotanadiva, Lotanem, Lotangana, Lotanparivala.

Ends with: Billilotan, Kulot-kulotan.

Full-text: Lotan hansraj, Lotana.

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