Mauritia flexuosa: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Mauritia flexuosa L.f. 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: Mauritia flexuosa var. venezuelana Steyerm., Mauritia minor Burret, Mauritia sagus Schult. & Schult.f., Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H. Wendl., Mauritia setigera Griseb. & H. Wendl. ex Griseb., Mauritia sphaerocarpa Burret, Mauritia vinifera Mart., Saguerus americanus H. Wendl..

References regarding Mauritia flexuosa L.f. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Supplementum Plantarum (1781)
· Historia Naturalis Palmarum (1824)
· Flora of the British West Indian Islands (1864)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1929)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1930)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1951)
· Guía de Árboles de Bolivia (1993)
· Field Guide to the Palms of the Americas (1995)
· Botanica Acta (1997)
· World Checklist of Palms. (2005)
· Catálogo das Árvores nativas de Minas Gerais. (2006)

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