Ambiguity: Although Sagvan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Sagavana.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sagvan in India is the name of a plant defined with Tectona grandis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Theka grandis (L.f.) Lam. (among others).

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

· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1793)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Phytologia (1975)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1782)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sagvan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) teak (wood)..—sagvan (सागवान) is alternatively transliterated as Sāgavāna.

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