Cresta de gallo: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Cresta de gallo in Argentina is the name of a plant defined with Erythrina crista-galli in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Micropteryx laurifolia Walp. (among others).
2) Cresta de gallo in Central America is also identified with Celosia argentea It has the synonym Amaranthus purpureus Nieuwl. (etc.).
3) Cresta de gallo is also identified with Erythrina berteroana It has the synonym Erythrina neglecta Krukoff & Moldenke.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Observationum Botanicarum (1768)
· Rhodora (1981)
· Amer. Midl. Nat. (1914)
· Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. (1970)
· Journal of Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1988)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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