Colocasia gigantea: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f. 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: Arisaema fouyou H. Lév., Caladium giganteum Blume ex Hassk., Caladium giganteum Blume, Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f., Colocasia gigantea (Blume ex Hassk.) J.D. Hooker, Colocasia indica Hassk., non Kunth, Colocasia prunipes K. Koch & C.D. Bouché, Leucocasia gigantea (Blume ex Hassk.) Schott, Leucocasia gigantea (Blume) Schott.

References regarding Colocasia gigantea (Blume) Hook.f. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Catalogus Plantarum in Horto Botanico Bogoriensi Cultarum Alter (1844)
· Oesterreichisches Botanisches Wochenblatt (1857)
· The Flora of British India (1893)
· Japanese Journal of Breeding (1986)
· Cytologia (1989)

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