Khongnang-bot: 1 definition

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

1) Khongnang-bot in India is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ficus cotoneaefolia Hort. ex Miq. (among others).

2) Khongnang-bot is also identified with Ficus benjamina It has the synonym Urostigma haematocarpum (Blume ex Decaisne) Miquel) (The name probably refers to the supposed relation of the plant to the source of a resin or benzoin procured from the Orient in antiquity, or the specific epithet from banyan, Sanskrit banij. (etc.).

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

· Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi (1867)
· Clin. Exp. Allergy (1995)
· Clinical & Experimental Allergy (2003)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1987)
· Allergy (2006)
· Species Plantarum

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