Melkgras: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Melkgras in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia helioscopia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tithymalus helioscopius Hill (among others).
2) Melkgras in Southern Africa is also identified with Euphorbia striata It has the synonym Tithymalus striatus (Thunb.) Klotzsch & Garcke (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1859)
· Flora (1845)
· Diagnoses plantarum orientalium novarum (1846)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1999)
· Prodr. (1862)
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