Bura-bura: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Bura-bura in Guyana is the name of a plant defined with Solanum jamaicense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Solanum portoricense Dunal (among others).
2) Bura-bura is also identified with Solanum stramoniifolium It has the synonym Solanum orinocense Kunth (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
· Solanorum generumque affinium synopsis (1816)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1973)
· Jacquin, Nicolaus (Nicolaas) Joseph von (1727–1817), (1727)
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Partial matches: Bura.
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