Jacob's coat: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Jacob's coat in English is the name of a plant defined with Acalypha wilkesiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ricinocarpus wilkesianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Jacob's coat is also identified with Alternanthera bettzickiana It has the synonym Telanthera ficoidea (Linnaeus) Moquin-Tandon var. versicolor Lem. (etc.).
3) Jacob's coat is also identified with Alternanthera ficoidea It has the synonym Alternanthera tenella Colla (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1978)
· Vilmorin’s Blumengärtnerei. Dritte neubearbeite Aflage (1896)
· Alternanthera (1818)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1924)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2000)
· Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië (1910)
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