Candle nut: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Candle nut in English is the name of a plant defined with Aleurites moluccana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mallotus moluccanus (L.) Müll.Arg. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Linnaea (1865)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1862)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1805)
· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1766)
· Pacific Sci. (1967)
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Starts with: Candle nut oil tree, Candle nut tree.
Full-text: Candle nut tree, Candle nut oil tree.
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