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

Ficus elastica Roxb. 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 cordata Kunth & Boucharlet, Ficus cordata Ridl., Ficus cordata Thunb., Ficus cordata Hort.Berol. ex Kunth & C.D. Bouché, Ficus donnellsmithii Standl., Ficus elastica Roxb. ex Hornem., nom. illeg., non Ficus elastica Roxb., Ficus elastica var. variegata Roxb. ex Hornem., Ficus plastica Roxb., Ficus skytinodermis Summerhayes, Ficus taeda Kunth & Boucharlet, Macrophthalma elastica (Roxb. ex Hornemann) Gasparrini, Urostigma circumscissum Miquel, Urostigma elasticum (Roxburgh ex Hornemann) Miquel, Urostigma elasticum (Roxburgh) Miquel, Urostigma karet Miquel, Urostigma odoratum Miquel, Visiania elastica (Roxburgh ex Hornemann) Gasparrini.

References regarding Ficus elastica Roxb. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Supplementum Horti botanici hafniensis (1819)
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1844)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· FBI (1888)
· J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. (1911)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1917)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Systematics Association Special Volume (1989)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2009)

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