Entada: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Entada in India is the name of a plant defined with Entada gigas in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adenanthera scandens Forster f. (among others).

2) Entada is also identified with Entada rheedei It has the synonym Adenanthera gogo Blanco (etc.).

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

· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Species Plantarum.
· Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1893)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1952)
· Journal of Botany (1920)

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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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