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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Gogon in Philippines is the name of a plant defined with Imperata cylindrica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Calamagrostis lagurus (L.) Koeler (among others).
2) Gogon is also identified with Imperata exaltata It has the synonym Saccharum exaltatum Roxb..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1906)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 2 (1759)
· Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte … (1794)
· Fragmenta Florae Philippinae (1904)
· Naturalia monspeliensia. Série botanique. (1958)
· Flora Hongkongensis (1861)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
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Ends with: Salinggogon.
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