Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tenai in India is the name of a plant defined with Setaria italica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum elongatum Pursh, nom. illeg., non Panicum elongatum Salisb. (among others).

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

· Blumea (1994)
· J. Henan Vocational-Techn. Teaching Coll. (1996)
· Handboek voor de Flora van Java (1928)
· Gentes Herbarum; occasional papers on the kind of plants (1923)
· Handbuch des Getreidebaus (1885)
· Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg (1912)

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

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