Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Miro [मिरो] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Scutellaria scandens from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Scutellaria angulosa. For the possible medicinal usage of miro, 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.

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

1) Miro in New Zealand is the name of a plant defined with Podocarpus ferrugineus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Prumnopitys ferruginea (G. Benn. ex D. Don) de Laub. (among others).

2) Miro in Pacific is also identified with Thespesia populnea It has the synonym Hibiscus populifolius Kuntze (etc.).

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

· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Enumeratio Methodica Plantarum (1759)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora of China Family (1955)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mirole, Mirolhakai, Mirolsing mehera, Miromati, Miroo, Miroro, Miroy.

Ends with: Bimiro, Chicimiro, Emiro, Ghicimiro, Katmiro, Kimiro, Toromiro.

Full-text: Dhanutkalapaka, Snatashataka, Sarvarodhavirodhasamprashamana, Phutphu, Samnyasa, Kalpadushya, Khurakhura.

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