Fever tree: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Fever tree in English is the name of a plant defined with Acacia xanthophloea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso) (the specific name from the Greek xanthos ‘yellow’ and phloios ‘bark of trees’.
2) Fever tree is also identified with Cinchona pubescens It has the synonym Quinquina ovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze (etc.).
3) Fever tree is also identified with Croton sylvaticus It has the synonym Oxydectes sylvatica (Hochst.) Kuntze (etc.).
4) Fever tree is also identified with Eucalyptus globulus It has the synonym Eucalyptus maidenii subsp. globulus (Labill.) J.B. Kirkp..
5) Fever tree is also identified with Lippia javanica It has the synonym Zappania odoratissima Scop. (etc.).
6) Fever tree is also identified with Tabernaemontana ventricosa It has the synonym Conopharyngia rutshuruensis De Wild. (etc.).
7) Fever tree is also identified with Warburgia salutaris It has the synonym Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Fruct. Sem. Pl. (1788)
· Linnaea (1832)
· South African Journal of Botany (2002)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Phytologia (1940)
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (1975)
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