African sandalwood: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) African sandalwood in English is the name of a plant defined with Osyris quadripartita in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Osyris wightiana Wall. ex Wight (among others).
2) African sandalwood is also identified with Spirostachys africana It has the synonym Excoecaria synandra Pax (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae (1988)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1857)
· Enumération des Plantes à Fleurs d’Afrique Tropicale (1992)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique (1836)
· Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis (1853)
· Wilhelm Schimper’s Reise nach Algier in den jahren 1831 und 1832 (1831)
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Partial matches: Sandalwood.
Ends with: East african sandalwood.
Full-text: East african sandalwood.
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