Calla lily: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Calla lily in English is the name of a plant defined with Calla palustris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Provenzalia brevis Raf. (among others).
2) Calla lily is also identified with Zantedeschia aethiopica It has the synonym Pseudohomalomena pastoensis A.D. Hawkes (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Am. Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev. (1818)
· Botanical Gazette, or ‘Paper of Botanical Notes’ (1937)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1988)
· South African Journal of Botany (1994)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Common calla lily, White calla lily, Wild calla lily.
Full-text: Wild calla lily, Common calla lily, White calla lily.
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