Biology (plants and animals)

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

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz 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: Agasta asiatica Miers, Agasta indica Miers, Barringtonia asiatica Druce, Barringtonia asiatica Kurz, Barringtonia butonica J.R. Forst., Barringtonia speciosa J.R. Forst. & G. Forst., Barringtonia speciosa Wall., Barringtonia speciosa L.f., Butonica rumphiana Miers, Butonica speciosa (J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.) J. St.-Hil., Mammea asiatica L., Michelia asiatica Kuntze.

References regarding Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Characteres Generum Plantarum (1775)
· Preliminary Report on the Forest and other Vegetation of Pegu (1875)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Bot. (1875)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
· Nat. Hist. (1876)
· Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles (1913)
· Kew Bulletin (1995)
· Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Occasional Papers (2001)

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