Foxtail orchid: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Foxtail orchid in English is the name of a plant defined with Rhynchostylis retusa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Anota violacea (Rchb.f.) Schltr. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1980)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (2002)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)
· Bonplandia (Hannover) (1854)
· Hortus Suburbanus Calcuttensis (1845)
· Guihaia (1996)
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