Biology (plants and animals)

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

Alstonia spectabilis R.Br. 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: Alstonia linearis Benth., Alstonia longissima F. Muell., Alstonia ophioxyloides F. Muell., Alstonia somersetensis F.M. Bailey, Alstonia spectabilis Kurz, Alstonia spectabilis subsp. ophioxyloides (F. Muell.) P.I. Forst., Alstonia villosa Blume, Alstonia villosa f. calvescens Markgr., Alstonia villosa var. glabra Koord. & Valeton, Blaberopus villosa var. petiolata Miq., Blaberopus villosus (Blume) Miq..

References regarding Alstonia spectabilis R.Br. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· On the Asclepiadeae (1810)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1810)
· Forest Flora of British Burma (1877)
· Descr. Notes Papuan Pl. (1877)
· Queensland Agric. J. (1897)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1928)
· Austral. Syst. Bot. (1992)

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Ancient Science of Life

Anti-parasitic activity of certain indigeous plants < [Volume 12 (issue 1-2), Jul-Dec 1992]

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