Tarakantikai, Tarakaṇṭikai: 2 definitions
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Tarakantikai means something in biology, Tamil. 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)Tarakantikai in India is the name of a plant defined with Pedalium murex in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique (1861)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 10
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1865)
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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 LexiconTarakaṇṭikai (தரகண்டிகை) noun perhaps from tri-kaṇṭaka. A plant. See ஆனைநெருஞ்சி (வைத்திய மூலிகை) [anainerunchi (vaithiya muligai)]
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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