Almaciga: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Almaciga in Peru is the name of a plant defined with Hedyosmum tepuiense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tafalla glabrata (Kunth) Kuntze (among others).
2) Almaciga in Philippines is also identified with Agathis dammara It has the synonym Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks. var. dalatensis (de Ferre) Silba (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Caldasia (1945)
· Species Plantarum
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
· Annals of Botany. Oxford (1906)
· Adansonia (1863)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1834)
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