Mitragyna speciosa: 1 definition

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

Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) Havil. 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: Mitragyna speciosa Korth., Nauclea korthalsii Steud., nom. inval., Nauclea luzoniensis Blanco, Nauclea speciosa (Korth.) Miq., Nauclea speciosa Miq., Nauclea speciosa Walp., Stephegyne speciosa Korth..

References regarding Mitragyna speciosa (Korth.) Havil. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Nomenclator Botanicus (1841)
· Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt., Bot. (1842)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Fl. Ned. Ind. (1856)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1897)

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