Butong: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Butong in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Barringtonia asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Butonica rumphiana Miers (among others).
2) Butong in Philippines is also identified with Dendrocalamus asper It has the synonym Sinocalamus flagellifer (Munro) Nguyen (etc.).
3) Butong is also identified with Dendrocnide sinuata It has the synonym Urtica ardens Link (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles (1913)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1743)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1826)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1868)
· Nat. Hist. (1876)
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