Kahkoh: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kahkoh in India is the name of a plant defined with Areca catechu in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Areca faufel Gaertn. (among others).
2) Kahkoh is also identified with Areca triandra It has the synonym Nenga nagensis (Griff.) Scheff. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Philippine Journal of Science, sect. C. Botany (1907)
· Hist. Nat. Palm. (1836)
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1824)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1768)
· Gartenflora (1879)
· Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat. Pisa, Mem. (1934)
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