Cascarilla: 1 definition
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Cascarilla 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)1) Cascarilla in Bolivia is the name of a plant defined with Cinchona calisaya in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Quinquina carabayensis var. villosa Kuntze (among others).
2) Cascarilla is also identified with Cinchona officinalis It has the synonym Hindsia subandina Krause (etc.).
3) Cascarilla in English is also identified with Croton eluteria It has the synonym Clutia decandra Crantz (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus (1788)
· Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (1738)
· Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (1977)
· Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (1868)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1866)
· Histoire Naturelle des Quinquinas (1849)
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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: Cascarilla bark, Cascarilla calisaya, Cascarilla calisaya del monte, Cascarilla calisaya del pajonal, Cascarilla con hojas de lucuma, Cascarilla crespilla, Cascarilla de las alturas, Cascarilla de las lomas, Cascarilla de loja, Cascarilla echenique, Cascarilla fina de urutusinga, Cascarilla morada, Cascarilla roja de pitaya, Cascarilla verde, Cascarilla verde-morada.
Ends with: Bahama cascarilla, Croton cascarilla, Ichu-cascarilla.
Full-text (+8): Cascarilla con hojas de lucuma, Cascarilla verde, Cascarilla calisaya, Muckle, Cascarilla crespilla, Cascarilla morada, Cascarilla verde-morada, Amber kabug, Cascarilla de loja, Cascarilla calisaya del pajonal, Cascarilla de las lomas, Cascarilla fina de urutusinga, Bahama cascarilla, Cascarilla echenique, Ichu-cascarilla, Croton cascarilla, Cascarilla roja de pitaya, Cascarilla calisaya del monte, Cascarilla de las alturas, Cascarilla bark.
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