Blue vine: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Blue vine in English is the name of a plant defined with Clitoria mariana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Nauchea mariana (L.) Descourt. (among others).
2) Blue vine is also identified with Clitoria ternatea It has the synonym Lathyrus spectabilis Forssk. (etc.).
3) Blue vine is also identified with Stachytarpheta jamaicensis It has the synonym Valerianoides jamaicense var. angustifolium Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1754)
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Bot. (1929)
· Phytologia (1974)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique (1811)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823)
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