White wood: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) White wood in English is the name of a plant defined with Melaleuca leucadendra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Metrosideros coriacea K.D. Koenig & Sims (among others).
2) White wood is also identified with Palaquium calophyllum It has the synonym Dichopsis calophylla Benth. & Hook.f. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Systema Naturae
· Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië (1864)
· Flore de la Guayane Française (1953)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg (1927)
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Starts with: White wood aster, White woodland aster.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing White wood; (plurals include: White woods). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 9 - Shintoism in Japan < [Discourse 7 - Thoughts on Sankhya Buddhism and Vedanta]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of Mo-kie-t’o (Magadha), part 2 < [Book VIII and IX]