Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Vanavarike in India is the name of a plant defined with Senna obtusifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia tora L. var. b Wight & Arn. (among others).

2) Vanavarike is also identified with Senna tora It has the synonym Cassia humilis Collad. (etc.).

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

· Man. Med. Bot. (1841)
· Guihaia (1992)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1982)
· Ethnobotany (1999)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vanāvarike (ವನಾವರಿಕೆ):—[noun] the plant Cassia tora of Caesalpiniaceae family; foetid cassia.

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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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