Punnagah: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Punnagah in India is the name of a plant defined with Calophyllum inophyllum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calophyllum tacamahaca Willd.) (Greek is, inos ‘fiber, strength’ and phyllon ‘leaf’ (among others).

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

· Isis (1828)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1980)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin (1811)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1785)

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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.

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