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

1) Fish poison tree in English is the name of a plant defined with Barringtonia asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Agasta indica Miers (among others).

2) Fish poison tree is also identified with Piscidia piscipula It has the synonym Ichthyomethia americana (Sessé & Moc.) S.F. Blake (etc.).

3) Fish poison tree is also identified with Tephrosia purpurea It has the synonym Glycyrrhiza mairei H. Lev. (etc.).

4) Fish poison tree is also identified with Tephrosia vogelii It has the synonym Cracca vogelii Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Systema Naturae
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1923)
· Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. (1988)
· Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (1924)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1822)

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