Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Nipam in India is the name of a plant defined with Baccaurea courtallensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pierardia macrostachya Wight & Arn. (among others).

2) Nipam is also identified with Barringtonia racemosa It has the synonym Butonica rumphiana Miers (etc.).

3) Nipam is also identified with Mitragyna parvifolia It has the synonym Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. (etc.).

4) Nipam is also identified with Quassia indica It has the synonym Samandura madagascariensis Gaertner (etc.).

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

· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1912)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1785)
· Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. (1884)
· Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Occasional Papers (2001)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nipam (நிபம்) noun < nibha.

1. Comparison, likeness, resemblance; உவமை. [uvamai.] (W.)

2. Cause, reason, pretext; காரணம். வெய்யன் வரநிபமென்னை கொலென [karanam. veyyan varanipamennai kolena] (கம்பராமாயணம் பரசு. [kambaramayanam parasu.] 15).

3. Fraud; வஞ்சனை. [vanchanai.] (W.)

4. Accusation, slander, calumny; கோள். [kol.] (W.) திருவல்லிக்கேணிபஞ்சாங்கம் சொல்லிற்கண் முத்தங் கள் சிந்துங் கண்டாய் [thiruvallikkenipagn sollirkan muthang kal sinthung kanday] (தனிப்பாடற்றிரட்டு [thanippadarrirattu] ii, 183, 447).

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Nipam (நிபம்) noun See நிம்பம். (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [nimbam. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Nipam (நிபம்) noun < nipa. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி [yazhppanathu manippayagarathi])

1. Kadamba. See கடம்பு. [kadambu.]

2. Water-pot; நீர்ச்சாடி. [nirchadi.]

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Nīpam (நீபம்) noun < nīpa.

1. See நீர்க்கடம்பு. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [nirkkadambu. (pingalagandu)]

2. Common Indian oak. See வெண்கடம்பு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [venkadambu. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

3. Small Indian oak. See செங்கடம்பு. [sengadambu.] (L.)

4. Niepabark, large tree, Samadera indica; மரவகை. [maravagai.]

5. The 26th nakṣatra. See உத்திரட்டாதி. (பிங்கலகண்டு) [uthirattathi. (pingalagandu)]

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Nīpam (நீபம்) noun < nibha. Cause, reason; காரணம். (பிங்கலகண்டு) [karanam. (pingalagandu)]

context information

Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Nipamga, Nipamu.

Ends with: Cannipam, Cinipam, Inkutanipam, Kacavanipam, Manipam, Unipam, Vanipam.

Full-text: Unipam, Nipa.

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