Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Brassaia in English is the name of a plant defined with Schefflera actinophylla in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Brassaia singaporensis Ridl.) (Brassaia Endl., possibly after the Hungarian Samuel Brassai (1798–1898), professor at Klausenburg, his works include Commentator commentatus. Tarlózatok Horatius Satiráinak magyarázói után. Pest 1872, Laelius. [A critique on “M.T. Ciceronis Laelius, sive de amicitia: magyarázta Dr. Heinrich G. Pest, 1870.”] Kolozsvárt 1874 and Logikai tanulmányok. Budapest 1877 (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
· London Journal of Botany (1843)
· Characteres Generum Plantarum (1775)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1894)
· Molluscan Research (1998)
· The Korean Journal of Malacology (1998)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Brassaia, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Full-text: Schefflera actinophylla, Schefflera blancoi, Trevesia sundaica.

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