Hogweed: 1 definition

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

1) Hogweed in English is the name of a plant defined with Ambrosia artemisiifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Iva monophylla Walter (among others).

2) Hogweed is also identified with artemisiifolia.

3) Hogweed is also identified with Boerhavia diffusa It has the synonym Boerhavia diffusa Vahl (etc.).

4) Hogweed is also identified with Heracleum sphondylium It has the synonym Heracleum sphondylium Pall. (etc.).

5) Hogweed is also identified with Heracleum wallichii.

6) Hogweed is also identified with Polygonum aviculare It has the synonym Polygonum aviculare var. heterophyllum Munshi & Javeid (etc.).

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

· FOC (2003)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1836)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1864)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Botaničeskij Žurnal (1991)
· Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique (1959)

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