Cassia fistula: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Cassia fistula L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Bactyrilobium fistula (L.) Willd., Bactyrilobium fistula Willd., Cassia bonplandiana DC., Cassia excelsa Kunth, nom. illeg., non Cassia excelsa Schrad., Cassia excelsa Schrad., Cassia fistula Herb. ex Oliv., Cassia fistula Schimper ex Oliv., nom. inval., Cassia fistuloides Collad., Cassia rhombifolia Roxb., Cathartocarpus excelsus G. Don, Cathartocarpus fistula (L.) Pers., Cathartocarpus fistula Pers., Cathartocarpus fistuloides (Collad.) G. Don, Cathartocarpus fistuloides G. Don, Cathartocarpus rhombifolius G. Don.
References regarding Cassia fistula L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1805)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1809)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Histoire Naturelle et Médicale des Casses (1816)
· Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Augsicht der Königl…. (1821)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1823)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Sweet's Hortus Britannicus, or ‘a catalogue of all the plants indigenous or cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged according to the natural system’ (1830)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Flora of West Pakistan (1973)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1982)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1986)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1988)
· Kromosomo (1787)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1993)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
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Partial matches: Cassia, Fistula.
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Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 15 - Brahmā Prepares to Eulogize Śiva < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]
Chapter 7 - Holy Rites for Special Attainments < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]
Chapter 16 - Description of the Temple of Aruṇācala by Brahma and Viṣṇu < [Section 3b - Arunācala-khaṇḍa (Uttarārdha)]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
Chapter 1 - Means to Injure an Enemy < [Book 14 - Secret Means]
Chapter 13 - Superintendent of Gold in the Goldsmiths’ Office < [Book 2 - The duties of Government Superintendents]
Chapter 3 - The Application of Medicines and Mantras < [Book 14 - Secret Means]
Ramayana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XXIV < [Book 1 - Bāla-kāṇḍa]
Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 504: Bhallāṭiya-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 487: Uddālaka-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 506: Campeyya-jātaka < [Volume 4]
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