Nilappalai, Nilappālai, Nilappāḷai: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Nilappalai in India is the name of a plant defined with Aristolochia bracteata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Nilappalai is also identified with Cleistanthus collinus It has the synonym Clutia collina Roxb. (etc.).

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

· Observationes Botanicae (Retzius) (1791)
· J. Assoc. Physicians India (2007)
· Genera Plantarum (1880)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Linnaea (1863)
· Flora of the British India (1887)

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

[«previous next»] — Nilappalai in Tamil glossary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nilappālai (நிலப்பாலை) [nila-pālai] noun < நிலம் [nilam] +. Round leaved discous featherfoil, small tree, Cleistanthus collinus; சிறுமரவகை. [sirumaravagai.] (L.)

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Nilappāḷai (நிலப்பாளை) [nila-pāḷai] noun perhaps from idem. +. An annual. See அம்மான்பச்சரிசி. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [ammanpacharisi. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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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