Onkur: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Onkur in India is the name of a plant defined with Cochlospermum religiosum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Wittelsbachia gossypium (L.) Mart. & Zucc., nom. illeg. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum (Martius) (1824)
· Taxon (1979)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
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