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

Oorakanda in India is the name of a plant defined with Amorphophallus paeoniifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arum campanulatum Roxb., nom. nud., nom. illeg. (among others).

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

· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1916)
· Synopsis Aroidearum (1856)
· Hortus Bengalensis (1814)
· Notulae Systematicae. (1940)
· Meletemata Botanica (1832)
· Voyage autour de Monde éxécuté pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette la Bonite … Botanique (1836)

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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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