Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Brea in Chile is the name of a plant defined with Pluchea absinthioides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gynheteria incana Spreng. (among others).

2) Brea in Colombia is also identified with Protium heptaphyllum It has the synonym Icica surinamensis Miq. (etc.).

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

· The Botany of Captain Beechey’s Voyage (1830)
· Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn (1873)
· Neue Entdeckungen im Ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde (1821)
· Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus (1794)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Herbarium Amboinense (1755)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Brea, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Brea gum, Bread tree, Bread wheat, Bread-and-cheese, Breadfruit, Breadfruit tree, Breadpalm, Breadtree, Break, Breast, Breath, Breathing, Breathing exercise, Breathless.

Ends with: Palo brea.

Full-text: Palo brea, Brea gum.

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Triveni Journal

A Plea for the Humanities < [April 1954]

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