Cordia africana: 1 definition

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

Cordia africana Lam. 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: Calyptrocardia abyssinica (R. Br.) Friesen, Cordia abyssinica R. Br. ex A. Rich., Cordia abyssinica R. Br., Cordia holstii Gürke, Cordia holstii Gürke ex Engl., Cordia ubanghensis A. Chev., Gerascanthus africanus (Lam.) Borhidi, Gerascanthus holstii (Gürke ex Engl.) M. Kuhlm. & Mattos, Varronia abyssinica (R. Br.) DC..

References regarding Cordia africana Lam. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique… Botanique (1792)
· A voyage to Abyssinia: and travels into the interior of that country (1809)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1845)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1850)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1894)
· Loefgrenia (1970)
· Acta Botanica Hungarica (1988)

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