Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Puruni in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Debregeasia saeneb (Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood from the Urticaceae (Nettle) family. For the possible medicinal usage of puruni, 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.

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

Puruni in Pakistan is the name of a plant defined with Debregeasia saeneb in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Procris hypoleuca Hochst. ex Steud. (among others).

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

· Flora of Tropical Africa (1917)
· Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle (1857)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Flora Indica (1832)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Purunihshidh, Purunihshidhvan, Purunishtha, Purunitha.

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