Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tiang in India is the name of a plant defined with Bergenia stracheyi in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Saxifraga milesii Hort. Leichtl. ex Baker (among others).

2) Tiang is also identified with Zingiber officinale It has the synonym Curcuma longifolia Wall (etc.).

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

· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Gardener’s chronicle (1882)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Naturl. Pflanzenfam. (1890)
· Ethnobotany (2005)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1820)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Tiang thap, Tiangara, Tianguis.

Ends with: Inglatiang, Oinglatiang.

Full-text: Tiang thap.

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Search found 1 books and stories containing Tiang; (plurals include: Tiangs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)

Chapter 8 - Country of Kie-lo-na-su-fa-la-na (Karnasuvarna) < [Book X - Seventeen Countries]

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