Citakapi: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Citakapi in India is the name of a plant defined with Ceiba pentandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Xylon pentandrum (Linn.) O. Ktze) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1988)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1935)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Taxon (1979)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
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