Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Malayu [मलयूः] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Ficus hispida L. fil. from the Moraceae (Mulberry) family having the following synonyms: Ficus oppositifolia, Ficus compressa, Covellia hispida. For the possible medicinal usage of malayu, 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.

Malayu [मलायु] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Phanera vahlii (Wight & Arn.) Benth. from the Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar) family having the following synonyms: Bauhinia racemosa, Bauhinia vahlii.

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

Malayu in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia hispida (Linnaeus f.) Miquel (among others).

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

· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1942)
· Numer. List (4491)
· Fitoterapia (2002)
· Enum. Pl. (1805)
· Notulae Systematicae (Paris) (1927)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1911)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Malayu, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Malayū (मलयू).—f.

(-yūḥ) The opposite-leaved fig tree. E. mala sin, yu to join, aff. kvip and the final made long; also with the final short malayu, or derived from pūña, malapū .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Malayū (मलयू):—f. Ficus Oppositifolia, [Bhāvaprakāśa] (cf. mala-pū).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Malayū (मलयू):—[mala-yū] (yūḥ) 3. f. The oppositeleaved fig tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Malayu in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Malāyu (மலாயு) noun < idem. See மலாக்கா. [malakka.] (W.)

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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: Yu, Maala, Mala.

Starts with: Malayukti, Malayupura, Malayuram.

Full-text: Malapu, Adityavarman, Moli.

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