Utalam, Uṭalam: 3 definitions

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Utalam means something in biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Utalam in the Malayalam language is the name of a plant identified with Cerbera manghas from the Apocynaceae (Oleander) family having the following synonyms: Cerbera venenifera, Tanghinia venenifera. For the possible medicinal usage of utalam, 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.

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

Utalam in India is the name of a plant defined with Tabernaemontana dichotoma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ervatamia polyneura King & Gamble (among others).

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

· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’~Uranie~ et la ~Physicienne~ … Botanique (1828)
· Bot. Reg. (1823)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem (1935)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register
· Flora of the Presidency of Madras (1923)

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

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Uṭalam (உடலம்) noun < idem. Body; சரீரம். சலந்தர னுடலந் தடிந்த [sariram. salanthara nudalan thadintha] (தேவாரம் [thevaram] 584, 7).

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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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