Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vacanapi in India is the name of a plant defined with Aconitum ferox in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Aconitum ferox Wall..

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

· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Taxon (1980)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1987)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1988)
· Numer. List (4721)

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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

Vacanāpi (வசநாபி) noun

1. See வச்சநாபி [vachanapi],

1. 2. A strong poison said to be prepared from vacampu or according to some, from tāṉṟi root; வசம்பு அல்லது தான்றி வேரிலிருந்து எடுக்கப் படுங் கொடிய விஷவகை. [vasambu allathu thanri verilirunthu edukkap padung kodiya vishavagai.]

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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)

Full-text: Vasanapi, Visanapi, Vaccanavi, Varcanapi, Irulmuka, Vaccanapi, Iruvi, Cattuvam, Vitam.

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