Maravilla: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Maravilla in English is the name of a plant defined with Mirabilis multiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Quamoclidion multiflorum (Torrey) Torrey ex A. Gray (among others).
2) Maravilla in Latin America is also identified with Mirabilis jalapa It has the synonym Nyctago dichotoma (L.) Dum. Cours. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1928)
· Inst. Rei Herb. (1766)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· J. Yunnan Educ. Coll., Nat. Sci. Ed. (1998)
· Fl. Madag., Nyctaginaceae (1954)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1896)
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