Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mukkaranti in India is the name of a plant defined with Boerhavia diffusa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boerhavia paniculata fo. leiocarpa Heimerl (among others).

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

· Observationum Botanicarum (Jacquin) (1771)
· Mus. Senckenberg.
· Phytographia (1794)
· Species Plantarum. (1797)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1820)

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

Mūkkaraṇṭi (மூக்கரண்டி) noun perhaps from மூக்க ரட்டை. [mukka rattai.] Spreading hogweed; கொடிவகை. [kodivagai.] (T. C. M. ii, 2, 632.)

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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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