Ground-itch bush: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Ground-itch bush in English is the name of a plant defined with Elephantopus mollis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asterocephalus cochinchinensis Spreng. (among others).
2) Ground-itch bush is also identified with Irlbachia alata It has the synonym Lisianthius acutangulus Ruiz & Pav. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Huntia (1987)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1820)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences (1925)
· Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar (1854)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1992)
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