Biology (plants and animals)

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

Manciru in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta prostrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Polygyne inconspicua Phil. (among others).

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

· Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (1827)
· Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (1981)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1983)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1833)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1866)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Mañciṟu (மஞ்சிறு) noun A plant found in wet places. See கையாந்தகரை. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [kaiyanthagarai. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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.

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Full-text: Mancikai.

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