Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Kurkure in India is the name of a plant defined with Helicteres isora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Helicteres corylifolia Buch.Ham. ex Dillwyn (among others).

2) Kurkure in Nepal is also identified with Equisetum debile It has the synonym Hippochaete ramosissima subsp. debilis (Roxb. ex Vaucher) Á. Löve & D. Löve (etc.).

3) Kurkure is also identified with Equisetum diffusum It has the synonym Equisetum mekongense C.N. Page (etc.).

4) Kurkure is also identified with Equisetum ramosissimum It has the synonym Hippochaete ramosissima subsp. debilis (Roxb. ex Vaucher) Á. Löve & D. Löve (etc.).

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

· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum (1760)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1865)
· Fl. Deut. Volk (1912)
· American Fern Journal (1962)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum. (1810)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kurkure, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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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Starts with: Kurkure jhar, Kurkure-jhar.

Full-text: Kurkure jhar, Kurkure-jhar.

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