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

1) Joseph'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) Joseph's coat is also identified with Alternanthera bettzickiana It has the synonym Telanthera picta C. Koch (etc.).

3) Joseph's coat is also identified with Alternanthera ficoidea It has the synonym Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. (etc.).

4) Joseph's coat is also identified with Amaranthus retroflexus It has the synonym Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl. (etc.).

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

· Linzer Biologische Beiträge (1997)
· Quarterly Journal of Crude Drug Research (1980)
· Meded. Dept. Landb. Ned.-Indië (1910)
· Das Pflanzenreich (1924)
· Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1977)
· Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (1810)

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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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