Bauhinia variegata: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)1) Bauhinia variegata L. 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: Bauhinia alba hort., Bauhinia chinensis Vogel, Bauhinia decora Uribe, Bauhinia variegata var. alboflava de Wit, Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Aiton) Corner, Bauhinia variegata var. candida Voigt, Bauhinia variegata var. chinensis DC., Phanera variegata (L.) Benth., Phanera variegata Benth..
References regarding Bauhinia variegata L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1852)
· Flora de Antioquia (1941)
· Caldasia (1946)
· Reinwardtia (1956)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1975)
· Cuscatlania (1979)
· Listados Floristicos de Mexico (1983)
· Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1996)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· Biodivers. & Conserv. (2004)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Yakugaku Zasshi
· PTR. Phytotherapy Research (2008)
2) Bauhinia variegata L. var. candida Voigt is another plant having the following synonyms: Bauhinia alba Wall., Bauhinia alba Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Bauhinia candida Aiton, Bauhinia candida Roxb., Bauhinia variegata var. alboflava de Wit, Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Aiton) Buch.-Ham., Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Roxb.) Voigt, nom. illeg., Bauhinia variegata var. candida (Roxb.) Corner.
References regarding Bauhinia variegata L. var. candida Voigt for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Hortus Kewensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew’ (1789)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1822)
· Numer. List (5796)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Reinwardtia (1956)
· Pharmacological Research (2005)

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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 516: Mahākapi-jātaka < [Volume 5]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 35 - Paraśurāma visits Agastya’s hermitage (āśrama) < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (g): Decoctions/Astringent Medicines (Kasāva/Kaṣāya) < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
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