Biology (plants and animals)

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

Vallivanni in India is the name of a plant defined with Plumbago zeylanica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Plumbago scandens L. (among others).

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

· Fontqueria (1987)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora of Tropical East Africa, Plumbaginaceae (1976)
· FBI (1882)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1966)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (1985)

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

Vallivaṉṉi (வல்லிவன்னி) [valli-vaṉṉi] noun < vallī + vahni. Ceylon leadwort. See கொடுவேலி. (தைலவருக்கச்சுருக்கம்) [koduveli. (thailavarukkachurukkam)]

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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: Valli, Vanni.

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