Tupra: 2 definitions

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Tupra [ತೂಪ್ರ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. from the Ebenaceae (Ebony) family having the following synonyms: Diospyros tupru, Diospyros dubia, Diospyros wightiana. For the possible medicinal usage of tupra, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Tupra [ತೂಪ್ರ, ತುಪ್ರ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel. from the Ebenaceae (ebony) family having the following synonyms: Garcinia malabarica, Diospyros peregrina.

Tupra [ತೂಪ್ರ] in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Diospyros ebenum J.König ex Retz. from the Ebenaceae (Ebony) family having the following synonyms: Diospyros ebenaster, Diospyros assimilis, Diospyros timoriana.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tupra (ತುಪ್ರ):—

1) [noun] the tree Diospyros melanoxylon (= D. tupru) of Ebenaceae family; Indian persimmon.

2) [noun] another tree of the same family Diospyros tomentosa.

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Tūpra (ತೂಪ್ರ):—[noun] = ತೂಪುರ [tupura].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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