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Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Poṭāri in the Bengali language is another name for Atibalā, a medicinal plant identified with Abutilon indicum Linn. (“Indian mallow”) from the Malvaceae or mallows family of flowering plants, according to verse 4.101-102 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Other than the Bengali word Poṭāri, there are more synonyms identified for this plant among which ten are in Sanskrit.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Potari [পোটারী] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Sida indica, Abutilon asiaticum, Abutilon arborescens. For the possible medicinal usage of potari, 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.

Potari in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Kydia calycina Roxb. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family.

Potari [పోతరి] in the Telugu language, ibid. previous identification.

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

1) Potari in India is the name of a plant defined with Kydia calycina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Kydia roxburghiana Wight (among others).

2) Potari is also identified with Talipariti tiliaceum It has the synonym Hibiscus tiliaceus var. heterophyllus Nakai (etc.).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Dissertação Sobre as Plantas do Brazil (1810)
· Flora Sylvatica Koreana (1936)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1809)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pōṭarī (पोटरी).—f (pōṭa Bulge or protuberance.) The calf of the leg: also, sometimes, the fleshy portion of the fore arm. 2 Usually pōṭarā q. v. supra. 3 See pōṭaḍī or pōṭaḷī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pōṭarī (पोटरी).—f The calf of the leg. A filled ear of corn.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Poṭarī (पोटरी):—n. a small package or bundle;

2) Potārī (पोतारी):—n. small size of पोतारो [potāro]

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Full-text: Pothara, Atibala.

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