Fire thorn: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Fire thorn in English is the name of a plant defined with Azima tetracantha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Monetia barlerioides L’Hér. (among others).
2) Fire thorn is also identified with Rhus pyroides It has the synonym Rhus vulgaris Meikle (etc.).
3) Fire thorn is also identified with Searsia pyroides It has the synonym Rhus intermedia Schönl. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Stirpes Novae aut Minus Cognitae (1784)
· Bothalia (2007)
· Travels in the interior of South Africa (1822)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1946)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
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