Chunch-khapat: 1 definition
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Chunch-khapat 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)Chunch-khapat in India is the name of a plant defined with Melochia corchorifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Geruma subtriloba Blanco (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de l’Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétal (1956)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Systematisches Verzeichniss der im Indischen Archipel (1846)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1800)
· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1825)
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