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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Advances in Zoology and Botany: Ethnomedicinal List of Plants Treating Fever in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, India

Śevarī in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal tree “Sesbania grandiflora Pers.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Whole plant”. Instructions for using the tree named Śevarī: Flowers are fried and eaten as vegetables.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Shevari [शेवरी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Sesbania grandiflora (L.)Pers. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Sesban coccinea, Agati grandiflora, Coronilla grandiflora. For the possible medicinal usage of shevari, 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)

Shevari in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym see Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794–1865) and Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher, Meletemata botanica. 35. Wien 1832.) (Salmalia Schott & Endl., from salmali, a Sanskrit name for Salmalia malabarica. (among others).

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

· Taxon (1979)
· Lingnan Science Journal (1928)
· Taxon (1961)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Hortus Malabaricus

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śēvarī (शेवरी) [or शेंवरी, śēṃvarī].—f ( H) A shrub, Trophis aspera. 2 Silk-cotton tree, Bombax heptaphyllum. 3 A small tree cultivated and common in the plains of the Dakhan̤, Sesbania Ӕgyptiaca. Grah.

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śēvarī (शेवरी).—f (Vulgar for śēvaī) A roll of vermicelli. śēvaṛyā pl Vermicelli.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śēvarī (शेवरी).—f A shrub. Silk-cotton tree.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Ends with: Ranshevari.

Full-text: Shemura, Shevara.

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