Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Varunah in India is the name of a plant defined with Crateva adansonii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Capparis trifoliata Roxb. (among others).

2) Varunah is also identified with Crateva magna It has the synonym Triclanthera corymbosa Raf. (etc.).

3) Varunah is also identified with Crateva nurvala It has the synonym Crateva lophosperma Kurz (etc.).

4) Varunah is also identified with Crateva religiosa It has the synonym Crataeva adansonii DC. (etc.).

5) Varunah is also identified with Crateva roxburghii.

6) Varunah is also identified with Crateva tapia It has the synonym Cleome arborea Kunth (etc.).

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

· Annales du musée du Congo.
· Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. (1939)
· Symbolae Botanicae (Vahl) (1794)
· Fl. Bras. (Martius) (1865)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Fl. Mal. (1960)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Varunah, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, 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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Starts with: Varunahoma, Varunahrada.

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