Biology (plants and animals)

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Elephant foot in English is the name of a plant defined with Amorphophallus konjac in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Proteinophallus rivieri (Durand ex Carrière) Hook.f. (among others).

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

· Pediatr. Dermatol. (2006)
· Berliner Allgemeine Gartenzeitung (1858)
· Genera Aroidearum exposita (1858)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1903)
· Beitr. Jap. Landwirthsch. (1893)
· Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (1869)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Search found 3 books and stories containing Elephant foot; (plurals include: Elephant foots). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Matangalila and Hastyayurveda (study) (by Chandrima Das)

Elephants in Buddhist mythology < [Chapter 4]

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Triveni Journal

Prahlada < [January – March, 1993]

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

Chapter 25 - The therapeutics of Wounds (vrana-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]

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