Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ucikkala in India is the name of a plant defined with Berberis aristata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Berberis aristata Sims.

2) Ucikkala is also identified with Berberis asiatica It has the synonym Berberis asiatica Griff. (etc.).

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

· Phytotherapy Research (1995)
· Systema Naturae (1821)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2010)
· Bot. Reg. (1823)
· Taxon (1975)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)

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

Ūcikkaḷā (ஊசிக்களா) [ūci-kaḷā] noun < idem. +. Fascicled-leaved spinous barberry, medium shrub, Berberis aristata; முள்ளுக்களாச்செடி. [mullukkalachedi.] (L.)

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kaala, Kala, Uci.

Full-text: Usikkala, Uchikkala.

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