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

Luy-a-luy-a in Philippine Islands is the name of a plant defined with Panicum repens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum chromatostigma Pilg. (among others).

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

· Blumea (1996)
· Botanical Gazette (1879)
· Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, ser. 2 (1991)
· Mémoires de l’Institut Égyptien (1901)
· Description de l’Égypte, … Histoire Naturelle, (1829)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)

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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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