Blaasoppies: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Blaasoppies in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Asclepias fruticosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gomphocarpus angustifolius (Schweigg.) Link (among others).
2) Blaasoppies is also identified with Gomphocarpus fruticosus It has the synonym Asclepias abyssinica (Decne.) N.E. Br. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1993)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1867)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1902)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo) (1994)
· Sketch Bot. S. Carolina (1817)
· Enumeratio plantarum horti botanici Regiomontani (1812)
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