Mak yong: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Mak yong in Thailand is the name of a plant defined with Croton tiglium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes birmanica Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany (1998)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldinae-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (1843)
· Wuyi Science Journal (1982)
· Species Plantarum
· A Hand-book to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
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