Moses in the bulrushes: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Moses in the bulrushes in English is the name of a plant defined with Rhoeo spathacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ephemerum discolor Moench (among others).
2) Moses in the bulrushes is also identified with Tradescantia spathacea It has the synonym Rhoeo discolor (L’Héritier) Hance (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Suppl. Meth. (1802)
· Annales Botanices Systematicae (1852)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Chromosoma (1984)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (5079)
· Fieldiana, Botany (1952)
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