Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Pata de vaca in Argentina is the name of a plant defined with Bauhinia forficata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pauletia candicans (Benth.) Schmitz (among others).

2) Pata de vaca in South America is also identified with Bauhinia monandra It has the synonym Bauhinia porosa Boivin ex Baillon (etc.).

3) Pata de vaca is also identified with Leucaena leucocephala It has the synonym Acacia frondosa Willd. (etc.).

4) Pata de vaca in Vernacular names is also identified with Bauhinia herrerae It has the synonym Schnella herrerae Britton & Rose (etc.).

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

· Magazzino toscano (1772)
· Bioresource Technology (2004)
· Ciencia e Cultura (1986)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· London Journal of Botany (1844)
· American Journal of Botany (1994)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Pata de vaca, for example diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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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Partial matches: De, Vaca, Pata.

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