Casca: 1 definition
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Casca means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Casca in Nicaragua is the name of a plant defined with Astrocaryum alatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hexopetion alatum (H.F. Loomis) F. Kahn & Pintaud) C. America, Colombia. Tree, short trunk, erect, armed, mass of roots at base, persistent leaf bases, sheath persistent, very spiny along midrib and petiole, inflorescences among leaves, flowers creamy white, infructescence erect or pendent, old spathes reflexed, hard fruit brownish green with blackish spines, fruit can be eaten, pulp sometimes eaten, lowland, forest edge, tropical wet forest, (Rows of black spines..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (1939)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2003)
· Revista Peruana de Biologia (2008)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Casca, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
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 (+13): Casca antidiabetica, Cascabel de vibora, Cascabela thevetia, Cascade asparagus, Cascade azalea, Cascade fir, Cascade oregongrape, Cascades mahonia, Cascading geranium, Cascalote, Cascara, Cascara buckthorn, Cascara sagrada, Cascaria, Cascarilla, Cascarilla bark, Cascarilla calisaya, Cascarilla calisaya del monte, Cascarilla calisaya del pajonal, Cascarilla con hojas de lucuma.
Ends with: Angico de casca.
Full-text: Casca antidiabetica, Angico de casca.
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Search found 2 books and stories containing Casca; (plurals include: Cascas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Daily Life (3): Perfumes < [Chapter 3 - Social Aspects]
The Ramayana Tradition in Asia < [July – September, 1984]