Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Tamrakantaka [ताम्रकण्टक] in the Sanskrit language is the name of a plant identified with Senegalia pennata (L.) Maslin from the Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not) family having the following synonyms: Mimosa pennata, Acacia pendata, Acacia pennata. For the possible medicinal usage of tamrakantaka, 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)

Tamrakantaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Acacia pennata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa torta Roxb. (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1915)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1913)
· Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. (1822)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· The Bombay Flora (1861)
· recueil périodique d’observations botanique, (1980)

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

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Tāmrakaṇṭaka (ताम्रकण्टक):—[=tāmra-kaṇṭaka] [from tāmra] m. ‘red-thorned’, a kind of Acacia, [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Tamrakantaka 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Tamra, Kantaka.

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