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

Napier grass in English is the name of a plant defined with Pennisetum purpureum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gymnothrix nitens Andersson (among others).

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

· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1933)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique … (1864)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Beskrivelse af Guineiske Planter
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (Beih.) (1930)

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