Coast button grass: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Coast button grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Dactyloctenium aegyptium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eleusine aegyptia (L.) Roberty, nom. illeg., non Eleusine aegyptia (L.) Desf. (among others).
2) Coast button grass is also identified with Dactyloctenium radulans It has the synonym Eleusine aegyptiaca sensu Benth., non Pers. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis (1825)
· Mexicanas Plantas (1886)
· Hortus Regius Botanicus Hafniensis (1819)
· Enumeratio plantarum horti regii botanici berolinensis.
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
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Partial matches: Grass.
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