Calabash nutmeg: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Calabash nutmeg in English is the name of a plant defined with Monodora myristica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Monodora grandiflora Benth. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Monogr. Anonacées (1817)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1894)
· Nahrung. (2004)
· Journal of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (2004)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Fitoterapia. (2003)
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