Biology (plants and animals)

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

Narava in India is the name of a plant defined with Premna tomentosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Premna tomentosa Kurz (among others).

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

· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Systema Plantarum (1800)
· Forest Flora of British Burma (1877)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences (1988)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Narava, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, 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 (+12): Nara-vakanarekai, Naravaali, Naravaha, Naravahaka, Naravahana, Naravahanadatta, Naravahanadattacaritamaya, Naravahanadattajanana, Naravahanadattiya, Naravahanajanana, Naravahanayana, Naravahin, Naravaidya, Naravakanam, Naravakanan, Naravala, Naravali, Naravalli, Naravalu, Naravam.

Full-text: Pedda narava, Ilaicci, Naravam, Aravan, Nandi, Mantu.

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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)

Page 145 < [Volume 6 (1909)]

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