Biology (plants and animals)

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

Virumataru in India is the name of a plant defined with Butea monosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rudolphia frondosa Poir. (among others).

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

· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1795)
· Ethnobotany (2001)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Species Plantarum. (1802)

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

Virumataru (விருமதரு) noun < brahma-taru. Battle of Plassey tree. See புரசு³. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி) [purasu³. (vaithiya malaiyagarathi)]

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Viṟumataru (விறுமதரு) noun perhaps from brahma-taru. A plant; புன்முருக்குப்பூடு. ((சங்கத்தகராதி) தமிழ்சொல்லகராதி) [punmurukkuppudu. ((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.

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