Club gourd: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Club gourd in English is the name of a plant defined with Trichosanthes cucumerina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trichosanthes cucumerina Miq. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1939)
· Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (1942)
· Species Plantarum
· Acta Bot. Yunnan. (1994)
· Numer. List (6688)
· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
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