Kalmos: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kalmos in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Alepidea amatymbica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Kalmos is also identified with Lichtensteinia interrupta It has the synonym Lichtensteinia interrupta (Thunb.) Sond. (etc.).

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

· South African Journal of Botany (2004)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Linnaea (1826)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2001)
· Eryng. Hist. (1808)
· South African Journal of Botany (1994)

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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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