Counter wood: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Counter wood in English is the name of a plant defined with Milicia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chlorophora tenuifolia Engl. (among others).
2) Counter wood is also identified with Milicia regia It has the synonym Maclura regia (A. Chev.) Corner (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Études Bakongo. (1959)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2005)
· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne … Botanique (1826)
· Contribution à l’Ethnographie des Kuta. (1974)
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