Common mealie-witchweed: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Common mealie-witchweed in English is the name of a plant defined with Striga asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Striga lutea Loureiro (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana (1981)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1846)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (2001)
· Feddes Repertorium (1993)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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