Biology (plants and animals)

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

Mungai in India is the name of a plant defined with Moringa ovalifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Moringa moringa Small (among others).

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

· Neue und wenig bekannte Pflanzen Deutsch-SüdwestAfrikas (1914)
· Feddes Repertorium (1985)
· Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschapen (1790)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Moringaceae.

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

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Muṃgai (ಮುಂಗೈ):—

1) [noun] the wrist and the hand.

2) [noun] ಮುಂಗೈಯಮುರಿ [mumgaiyamuri] mungaiya muri an ornament worn around the wrist.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Mumgaigamkana, Mumgaihode, Mumgaikamkana, Mumgaimurari, Mumgainigala, Mumgaivala.

Full-text: Mumgay, Mumgey, Munkaimai, Munkaiyan, Angai.

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