Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Lengua de vaca in North America is the name of a plant defined with Rumex crispus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lapathum crispum (L.) Scop. (among others).

2) Lengua de vaca in Peru is also identified with Rumex patientia It has the synonym Lapathum hortense Lam. (etc.).

3) Lengua de vaca in Spanish is also identified with Sansevieria trifasciata It has the synonym Sansevieria craigii auct. (etc.).

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

· Flora de la región del Parque Nacional Amboró Bolivia (2004)
· Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series (1937)
· Gard. Chron., (1912)
· Mémoires Pres. a l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1859)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1933)
· Zapovedniki Belorussii Issledovaniia (1986)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Lengua de vaca, for example extract dosage, health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, 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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Partial matches: De, Vaca.

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