Hercules' club: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Hercules' club in English is the name of a plant defined with Lagenaria siceraria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucurbita idolatrica Willd. (among others).
2) Hercules' club is also identified with Zanthoxylum clava-herculis It has the synonym Fagara caroliniana (Lam.) Engl. (etc.).
3) Hercules' club is also identified with Zanthoxylum flavum It has the synonym Fagara flava (Vahl) Krug & Urb..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1896)
· Species Plantarum
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1995)
· Saggio sulla Storia Naturale del Chili (1782)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1828)
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