Biology (plants and animals)

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

Ficus benjamina L. 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: Ficus cuspidato-caudata Hayata, Ficus cuspidatocaudata Hayata, Ficus haematocarpa Blume ex Decaisne, Ficus nitida Thunberg, Ficus popenoei Standl., Ficus pyrifolia Salisb., Ficus retusa Linnaeus var. nitida (Thunberg) Miquel, Urostigma benjamina (Linnaeus) Miquel, Urostigma benjaminum (Linnaeus) Miquel, Urostigma haematocarpum (Blume ex Decaisne) Miquel) (The name probably refers to the supposed relation of the plant to the source of a resin or benzoin procured from the Orient in antiquity, or the specific epithet from banyan, Sanskrit banij..

References regarding Ficus benjamina L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Nova Genera, quae super nonnullis Fici speciebus struebat (1844)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series (1929)
· Systematics Association Special Volume (1989)
· Clin. Exp. Allergy (1995)
· Clinical & Experimental Allergy (2003)
· Allergy (2006)

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Full-text (+45): Sthalidruma, Vellal, Ashvatthabheda, Kunjarapadapa, Pukar, Putra-juvi, Puthrajuvvi, Putrajuvvi, Nong, Putradzuvvi, Putrajeevi, Chilubor, Kabra, Yerrajujvvi, Pootrajoovee, Jaavaatthi, Nyaung-lun, Kyet-kadut, Nyaung-thabye, Thellabarinka.

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