Biology (plants and animals)

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

Putadru in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa (Willd.) Poir. (among others).

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

· Journal of Tree Sciences (1983)
· Asiatic Researches (1792)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Ethnobotany (2001)

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

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūtadru (पूतद्रु).—the tree called पलाश (palāśa).

Derivable forms: pūtadruḥ (पूतद्रुः).

Pūtadru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūta and dru (द्रु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūtadru (पूतद्रु).—m.

(-druḥ) The bread-fruit tree, (Butea frondosa.) E. pūta, and dru a tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūtadru (पूतद्रु):—[=pūta-dru] [from pūta > pū] m. ‘pure tree’, Butea Frondosa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūtadru (पूतद्रु):—[pūta-dru] (druḥ) 2. m. Butea frondosa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Putadru in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Dru, Puta.

Full-text: Putudaru, Putudara, Pitudaru.

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