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

Olive nut in English is the name of a plant defined with Elaeocarpus sphaericus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ganitrus sphaerica Gaertn. (among others).

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

· Das Pflanzenreich (1895)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· FBI (1874)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1832)
· Adansonia (1980)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)

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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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