Almendron: 1 definition
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Almendron means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Almendron in South America is the name of a plant defined with Caryocar glabrum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pekea ternata Poir., nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Almendron is also identified with Caryocar villosum It has the synonym Pekea butyrosa Aubl. (etc.).
3) Almendron is also identified with Terminalia catappa It has the synonym Badamia commersonii Gaertn. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora (1841)
· Synopsis Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1926)
· Species Plantarum.
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