Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Koorsboom in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Acacia xanthophloea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso) (the specific name from the Greek xanthos ‘yellow’ and phloios ‘bark of trees’.

2) Koorsboom is also identified with Rauvolfia caffra It has the synonym Rauvolfi a inebrians K. Schum. (etc.).

3) Koorsboom is also identified with Tabernaemontana ventricosa It has the synonym Conopharyngia rutshuruensis De Wild. (etc.).

4) Koorsboom is also identified with Warburgia salutaris It has the synonym Warburgia breyeri Pott (etc.).

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

· Flora of Tropical Africa (1902)
· Genetica (1985)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1838)
· Adansonia (1976)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1906)
· Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’ Istituto di Bologna (1853)

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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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