Biology (plants and animals)

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

Tirunappalam in India is the name of a plant defined with Tarenna asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Stylocoryna rigida Wight (among others).

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

· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1934)
· Icones Plantarum Formosanarum nec non et Contributiones ad Floram Formosanam (1920)
· Flora of the Ryukyus (Including Amani Islands, Okinawa Islands, and Sakishima Archipelago) (1971)
· Botanisk tidsskrift (1902)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2002)
· Fl. Japan (1993)

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

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tirunāppaḻam (திருநாப்பழம்) noun See திருநா. [thiruna.]

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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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