Katterumaikkalli: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Katterumaikkalli in India is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Madorius giganteus Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1988)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1895)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1810)
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