Hung chih chu: 1 definition

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

Hung chih chu in China is the name of a plant defined with Rhododendron simsii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Azalea macrantha Bunge (among others).

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

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg, Septième Série (1870)
· Mémoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans (1833)
· Hortus Britannicus (1830)
· Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l’Europe (1853)
· Botanical Magazine (1915)

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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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