Dawe palai: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Dawe palai in Papua New Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Merremia peltata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1833)
· Enumeracão das Substancias Brazileiras (1836)
· Candollea (1952)
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1993)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1994)
· Genera Plantarum
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Partial matches: Palai.
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