Gromwell: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Gromwell in English is the name of a plant defined with Lithospermum arvense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M. Johnst. (among others).

2) Gromwell is also identified with Lithospermum officinale It has the synonym Margarospermum officinale (L.) Decne..

3) Gromwell is also identified with Mertensia maritima It has the synonym Cerinthodes maritimum Kuntze (etc.).

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

· The Vegetable System. (1764)
· Plantae e Familiae Asperifoliarum Nuciferae (1818)
· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
· Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse (1829)
· Willdenowia (1988)
· Opera Botanica a Societate Botanica Lundensi (1999)

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