Karwan: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Karwan in India is the name of a plant defined with Carissa opaca in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Karwan is also identified with Carissa spinarum It has the synonym Arduina edulis (Forssk.) Spreng. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1830)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2008)
· Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853—61 (1853)
· A Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the (1816)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Karwan, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karwand, Karwand-karanja, Karwando, Karwant, Karwanth.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 177 - Greatness of Lakulīśa < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 76 - Importance of the Pair of Lakulīśa Liṅgas < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 108 - The Aṣṭaṣaṣṭi Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)