Kershout: 1 definition
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Kershout means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kershout in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pterocelastrus litoralis Walp. (among others).
2) Kershout is also identified with Rothmannia capensis It has the synonym Randia bellatula K. Schum. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. (1776)
· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2008)
· Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1761)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1903)
· Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles (1917)
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Ends with: Rooikershout.
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