Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tamarkkavam in India is the name of a plant defined with Pterocarpus marsupium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pterocarpus bilobus Roxb. ex G. Don (among others).

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

· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Natural history (1897)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1799)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tamārkkavam (தமார்க்கவம்) noun < dhā-mārgava. Common luffa. See பீர்க்கு. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [pirkku. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Starts with: Tamarkkavamaram.

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