Soap nut: 1 definition
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Soap nut means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Soap nut in English is the name of a plant defined with Sapindus saponaria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cupania saponarioides Sw. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Plukenet, Leonard (1642–1706),
· Botanica Acta (1990)
· Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica (1998)
· Phytographia
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Soap nut, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Soap nut tree, Soap nut tree of north india, Soap nut tree of south india.
Full-text: Ritha, Neykkottai, Soap nut tree, Soap nut tree of north india, Soap nut tree of south india, Nikota, Manippunkam, Panalai, Aratala, Ponnankottai, Phenila, Urdhvashodhana, Sujjalu, Cujjalu, Cigare, Rishta, Ponnampalam, Puvanti.
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Search found 3 books and stories containing Soap nut; (plurals include: Soap nuts). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 9: Birth of Neminātha < [Chapter V - Birth of Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Ariṣṭanemi]
Appendix 3.1: additional notes < [Appendices]
Dilapidated House < [April – June, 1997]
The Chenchu Couple < [July – September, 1980]
The Chenchu Couple < [July-August, 1929]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 24 - The therapeutics of Alcoholism (madatyaya-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
Chapter 13 - The therapeutics of Abdominal Disease (udara-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]
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