Biology (plants and animals)

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

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

2) Tabasi is also identified with Sterculia urens It has the synonym Kavalama urens (Roxb.) Raf. (etc.).

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

· Allergy (1991)
· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Botanical Magazine (1990)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1916)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tabasi (ತಬಸಿ):—

1) [noun] a man who leads a life of contemplation and extreme self-denial for realising the ultimate truth and principles of being.

2) [noun] the plant Terminalia catapa of Combretaceae family; country almond.

3) [noun] the tree Holoptelia integrifolia (= Ulmus integrifolia) of Ulmaceae family; jungle cork tree.

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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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Ends with: Bhatabasi, Raktabasi.

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