The Sanskrit terms Śitāphaḷa and Śitāphala and Śītaphala can be transliterated into English as Sitaphala or Shitaphalia or Shitaphala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Sitafal.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

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

Sitāphala (or Sitāphaḻa) in the Marathi language refers to the medicinal tree “Annona squamosa Linn.”, and is used for ethnomedicine treatment of Fever in Ahmednagar district, India. The parts used are: “Fruits”. Instructions for using the tree named Sitāphala: The fresh juice prepared from 50 g ripe fruit pulp—to relieve thirst in fever.

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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

Sita-Phala [ಸೀತಾಫಲ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Annona squamosa L. from the Annonaceae (sugar apple) family. For the possible medicinal usage of sita-phala, 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.

Sita-phala [ଶୀତ ଫଳ] in the Odia language is the name of a plant identified with Salvadora persica L. from the Salvadoraceae (Salvadora) family.

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

Shitaphala in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus racemosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Covellia glomerata (Roxburgh) Miquel (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Species Plantarum
· Numer. List (4549)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1946)
· Biotropica (2006)

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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śitāphaḷa (शिताफळ).—f (sītāphala S) Custard-apple-tree and n its fruit, Annona squamosa.

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sītāphala (सीताफल).—f (S) pop sītāphaḷī or ḷa f The Custard-apple tree, and sītāphaḷa n The fruit, Annona squamosa.

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

sītāphaḷa (सीताफळ).—f The custard-apple tree. n Its fruit.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śītaphala (शीतफल).—Ficus Glomerata (Mar. uṃbara).

Derivable forms: śītaphalaḥ (शीतफलः).

Śītaphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīta and phala (फल).

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Sītāphala (सीताफल).—the custard-apple tree.

-lam its fruit.

Derivable forms: sītāphalaḥ (सीताफलः).

Sītāphala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sītā and phala (फल).

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

Sītāphala (सीताफल).—m.

(-laḥ) The custard-apple tree. n.

(-laṃ) The custard-apple.

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

1) Śītaphala (शीतफल):—[=śīta-phala] [from śīta] m. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) Ficus Glomerata

2) [v.s. ...] Cordia Myxa

3) Śītaphalā (शीतफला):—[=śīta-phalā] [from śīta-phala > śīta] f. Emblica Officinalis.

4) Sītāphala (सीताफल):—[=sītā-phala] [from sītā > sī] m. ‘bearing Sitā’s fruit’, Annona Squamosa, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

5) [v.s. ...] n. the fruit itself, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shitaphala 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sītāphala (सीताफल) [Also spelled sitafal]:—(nm) see [kaddū;] a custard apple.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sītāphala (ಸೀತಾಫಲ):—

1) [noun] the tree Anona squamosa of Annonaceae family.

2) [noun] its edible fruit; custard-apple.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Sita, Phala.

Full-text: Sitaperala, Sitafal, Shitaphali, Atripya, Bahubija, Bahibija.

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