Erythrina lysistemon: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Erythrina caffra sensu auct., Erythrina caffra sensu Harvey, sensu E.G. Baker, sensu Burtt Davy, sensu Miller, Erythrina caffra Thunb. var. mossambicensis Bak.f., Erythrina humeana sensu E.G. Baker, sensu Eyles, Erythrina humeana Spreng., Erythrina humei sensu J.G. Baker, non E. Mey., Erythrina princeps A. Dietr.) (the specific name from the Greek lyo, lyein ‘to loosen, loose’ and stemon ‘stamen’, with vexillary stamen free from other stamens..

References regarding Erythrina lysistemon Hutch. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Systema Vegetabilium (1826)
· Allgemeine Gartenzeitung (1834)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1933)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1938)
· Bothalia (1941)
· Botanist South. Africa (1946)
· J. S. African Bot. (1952)
· South African Erythrinas (1972)
· A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon (1991)
· Kirkia (1993)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Phytochemistry (2002)
· Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (2007)

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