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

Hombre grande in Central America is the name of a plant defined with Quassia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Quassia alatifolia Stokes (among others).

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

· J. Org. Chem. (1976)
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (2003)
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1999)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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