Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Pappan in India is the name of a plant defined with Oldenlandia corymbosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gerontogea biflora (Lam.) Cham. & Schltdl. (among others).

2) Pappan is also identified with Oldenlandia herbacea It has the synonym Hedyotis heynii (G. Don) Sond. (etc.).

3) Pappan is also identified with Tithonia diversifolia It has the synonym Urbanisol tagetifolius var. diversifolius (Hemsl.) Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1877)
· Fl. Indo-Chine (1922)
· Nov. Plantarum Americae (1703)
· Fl. Somalia (2006)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1877)
· Species Plantarum (1753)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pāppāṉ (பாப்பான்) noun See பார்ப்பான். [parppan.]

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pappamgayi, Pappan-puntu, Pappana, Pappangaye, Pappanpuntu.

Full-text: Papparamulli, Pappan-puntu, Pappatti, Papparakkolam.

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