Khurkund: 1 definition
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Khurkund 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)Khurkund in India is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia fusiformis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euphorbia humilis Royle, nom. illeg. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica (1832)
· Icones Plantarum (1830)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains (1836)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis (1825)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
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