Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mavilantam in India is the name of a plant defined with Dichrostachys cinerea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Desmanthus nutans (Pers.) DC. (among others).

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

· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1919)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)
· Revista Sudamericana de Botánica (1936)

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

Māvilantam (மாவிலந்தம்) noun A thorny tree; விடத்தேர். (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [vidather. (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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