Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Saptarangi [सप्तरंगी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Salacia chinensis L. from the Celastraceae (Spike-thorn) family having the following synonyms: Salacia prinoides, Tontelea prinoides. For the possible medicinal usage of saptarangi, 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)

1) Saptarangi in India is the name of a plant defined with Casearia esculenta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Casearia ovata Roxb. (among others).

2) Saptarangi is also identified with Salacia chinensis It has the synonym Tontelea prinoides Willd. (etc.).

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

· Blumea (1963)
· Der Gesellsschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften (1803)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Mant. Pl. Altera (1771)
· Traité de Botanique Médicale Phanérogamique (1883)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Saptarangi, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Saptaraṅgī (सप्तरङ्गी):—adj. having seven colors; multicolored;

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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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