Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mancatkonku in India is the name of a plant defined with Cochlospermum religiosum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Wittelsbachia gossypium (L.) Mart. & Zucc., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1979)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Catalogus plantarum phanerogamarum (1899)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Mañcaṭkōṅku (மஞ்சட்கோங்கு) [mañcaṭ-kōṅku] noun < idem. +. Common caung; கோங்கமரம். (சித். அக.) [kongamaram. (sith. aga.)]

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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: Komku.

Starts with: Mancatkonkumaram.

Full-text: Cataikkonku.

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