Faek: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Faek in Thailand is the name of a plant defined with Themeda arundinacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Andropogon arundinaceus (Roxb.) Voigt, nom. illeg., non Andropogon arundinaceus Bergius (among others).

2) Faek is also identified with Themeda gigantea It has the synonym Anthistiria gigantea Cav. (etc.).

3) Faek is also identified with Vetiveria zizanioides It has the synonym Sorghum zizanodes Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (1904)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1889)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1854)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Botany (1893)
· Petite Flore de l’Ouest-Africain (1954)

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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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