Biology (plants and animals)

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

Karikkantu in India is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta prostrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Verbesina conyzoides Trew (among others).

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

· Revista Brasileira de Genética (1986)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1993)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
· Flora Orientalis (1875)
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1833)

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

Karikkaṇṭu (கரிக்கண்டு) [kari-kaṇṭu] noun See கரிசலாங்கண்ணி. (வைத்திய மலையகராதி). [karisalanganni. (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: Kantu, Karin.

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