Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Pappayi [पपयी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Carica papaya L. from the Caricaceae (Papaya) family. For the possible medicinal usage of pappayi, 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.

Pappayi [ಪಪ್ಪಾಯಿ] in the Kannada language, ibid. previous identification.

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

Pappayi in India is the name of a plant defined with Carica papaya in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vasconcellea peltata A. DC. (among others).

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

· Eclogae Plantarum Rariorum (1811)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones
· Flore des Antilles (1824)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1804)
· Verhandelingen van het bataviaasch genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen (1790)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pappayi (ಪಪ್ಪಯಿ):—[noun] = ಪಪ್ಪಾಯಿ [pappayi].

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Pappāyi (ಪಪ್ಪಾಯಿ):—

1) [noun] the tree Carica papaya of Caricaceae family, having a bunch of large leaves at the top; papaya tree.

2) [noun] its large, oblong, yellowish-orange fruit like melon, which is eaten raw or cooked and also used for its juice; papaya.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Pappāyi (பப்பாயி) noun See பப்பாளி. [pappali.]

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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: Pappayi-pazham.

Full-text: Pappamgayi, Pappaya, Pappayi-pazham, Papaya, Pappalasu, Pappaayi.

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Medicinal importance of some common indian vegetables part i < [Volume 4 (issue 4), Apr-Jun 1985]

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