Mesta: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Mesta in Malaysia is the name of a plant defined with Garcinia mangostana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mangostana garcinia Gaertner.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Biochem. Pharmacol. (2002)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Planta Medica (1996)
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Meshtaru, Mestaka, Mestapat, Mestara, Mestari.
Ends with: Adharmeshta, Ameshta, Dharmeshta, Kameshta, Yameshta.
Full-text: Marangi.
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