Albizia altissima: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Albizia altissima Hook.f. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Albizia altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy var. altissimum, Albizia passargei Harms, Arthrosamanea altissima (Hook. f.) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique, Arthrosamanea altissima Gilbert & Boutique, Cathormion altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch., Cathormion altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy, Cathormion altissimum Hutch., Cathormion altissimum var. altissimum (Hook.f.) Hutch. & Dandy, Cathormion altissimum var. busiraensis G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique, Feuilleea altissima (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Pithecellobium altissimum (Hook.f.) Oliv., Pithecellobium stuhlmannii Taub., Pithecolobium altissimum (Hook.f.) Oliv.) (Arthrosamanea Britton & Rose, from the Greek arthron ‘a joint’ plus Samanea (DC.) Merr.) (Cathormion (Benth.) Hassk., Greek kathormion (kata and hormos ‘a chain, collar’) ‘a necklace’, referring to the fruit, see Justus Carl Hasskarl, Retzia sive Observationes Botanicae. 231. 1855..

References regarding Albizia altissima Hook.f. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Magazzino toscano (1772)
· Flora (1837)
· Niger Flora (1849)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Flora of West Tropical Africa (1928)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1928)
· Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1936)
· Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi (1952)
· Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants (2006)

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