Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vayirakarani in India is the name of a plant defined with Pedalium murex in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rogeria microcarpa Klotzsch (among others).

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

· Systema Naturae, ed. 10
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1865)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique (1861)

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

Vayirakaraṇi (வயிரகரணி) [vayira-karaṇi] noun perhaps from vajra-karaṇī. A stout-stemmed herb. See பெருநெருஞ்சி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [perunerunchi. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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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)

Partial matches: Vayira, Karani.

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