Milo: 1 definition

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Milo means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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

1) Milo in English is the name of a plant defined with Sorghum bicolor in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Andropogon subglabrescens Steud. (among others).

2) Milo in Pacific is also identified with Thespesia populnea It has the synonym Hibiscus blumei Kuntze (etc.).

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

· Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (1972)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1944)
· Quart. J. Forest Res. (1999)
· Economic Botany (2004)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Species Plantarum

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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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