Biology (plants and animals)

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

Pirutanti in India is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus racemosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth (among others).

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

· Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris (1834)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1875)
· Flora of the British India (1892)
· Bombay Fl. (1861)
· Species Plantarum. (1799)
· Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810)

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

Pīrutanti (பீருதந்தி) noun cf. bhīru-patrī. Climbing asparagus. See தண்ணீர்விட்டான். [thannirvittan.] (தைலவருக்கச்சுருக்கம் தைல. [thailavarukkachurukkam thaila.] 53.)

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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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