Creosote bush: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Creosote bush in Common names is the name of a plant defined with Larrea divaricata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Schroeterella divaricata (Cav.) Briq. (among others).

2) Creosote bush is also identified with Larrea tridentata It has the synonym Zygophyllum tridentatum Sessé & Moc. ex DC. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Anales de Historia Natural (1800)
· Candollea (1926)
· Heredity; An International Journal of Genetics (1989)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1977)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1893)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1895)

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