Guacamaya: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Guacamaya in Central America is the name of a plant defined with Philodendron warszewiczii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Philodendron serpens Engl., nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Guacamaya in Latin America is also identified with Caesalpinia pulcherrima It has the synonym Poinciana elata Lour. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1832)
· Exot. Pl. Cent.
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (6375)
· Index Seminum (1855)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Monogr. Phan. (1879)
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