Lecythis pisonis: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Lecythis pisonis Cambess. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Couroupita crenulata Miers, Couroupita lentula Miers, Lecythis amapaensis Ledoux, Lecythis amazonum Mart. ex O. Berg, Lecythis densa Miers, Lecythis hoppiana R. Knuth, Lecythis marcgraaviana Miers, Lecythis ollaria Spruce, Lecythis ollaria Vell., Lecythis paraensis Huber, nom. nud., Lecythis paraensis Huber ex Ducke, Lecythis pilaris Miers, Lecythis pisonis subsp. usitata S.A. Mori & Prance, Lecythis setifera Miers, Lecythis sphearoides Miers, Lecythis urnigera Mart. ex O. Berg, Lecythis usitata Miers, Lecythis usitata var. paraensis (Huber ex Ducke) R. Knuth, Lecythis usitata var. tenuifolia R. Knuth, Lecythis velloziana Miers, Pachylecythis egleri Ledoux.
References regarding Lecythis pisonis Cambess. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Iter Hispanicum (1758)
· Florae Fluminensis (1829)
· Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis (1829)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany (1850)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1858)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1874)
· Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia (1910)
· Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (1930)
· Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) (1939)
· Lecointea (1964)
· Brittonia (1981)
· Fl. Neotrop. (1990)
· J. Trace Elements Med. Biol. (1996)
· Hum. Exp. Toxicol. (2010)
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