Pepinillo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Pepinillo in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Momordica charantia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cucumis argyi H. Lév. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1996)
· Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Bolivia) Comunicación (1990)
· Ethnobotany (2004)
· Prodromus Stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Cucurbit. (1967)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 10
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