Ambiguity: Although Tentua has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Temtua.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tentua in India is the name of a plant defined with Sesbania bispinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coronilla aculeata Willd., nom. superfl. (among others).

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

· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1841)
· Icon. Pl. Rar. (1792)
· Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta (1770)
· North American Flora (1924)
· U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Bulletin (1909)
· Synopsis Plantarum (1807)

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

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tentua in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) the throttle, the throat; —[dabana/masakana] to throttle; not to allow to speak freely..—tentua (टेंटुआ) is alternatively transliterated as Ṭeṃṭuā.

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Full-text: Temtua.

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