Biology (plants and animals)

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

Valukai in India is the name of a plant defined with Celastrus paniculatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euonymus euphlebiphyllus Hayata (among others).

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

· Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (1931)
· Species Plantarum.
· Numer. List (4302)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1915)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1994)
· J. Cytol. Genet. (1984)

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

Vālukai (வாலுகை) noun cf. வாலு. [valu.] See வாலுளுவை. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [valuluvai. ((sangathagarathi) thamizhsollagarathi)]

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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)

Starts with: Valukaila.

Ends with: Elavalukai.

Full-text: Ittakantam.

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