Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Nalava in the Tamil language is the name of a plant identified with Leea indica (Burm.f.) Merr. from the Vitaceae (Grape) family. For the possible medicinal usage of nalava, 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)

Nalava in India is the name of a plant defined with Leea indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aquilicia ottilis Gaertn. (among others).

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

· Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. (1796)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1926)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1925)
· Philippine Journal of Science (1919)
· Numer. List (6824)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Nalava, for example side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, health benefits, have a look at these references.

context information

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nālavā (नालवा).—m A furrow worn by a river (during freshes) up or across the lower parts of its banks.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nālavā (नालवा).—m A furrow worn by a river.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Nalavadi, Nalavamsha, Nalavan, Nalavana, Nalavarake, Nalavari, Nalavarike, Nalavarnana, Nalavarnanakavya, Nalavasage, Nalavasige, Nalavata, Nalavattattil, Nalavattu.

Ends with: Jnanalava, Trinalava.

Full-text: Nalam.

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