Petrepin: 1 definition
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Petrepin means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Petrepin in Upper Volta is the name of a plant defined with Digitaria horizontalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum stipatum J. Presl (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1833)
· Symbolae Antillarum (1903)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1855)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1894)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis, … (1809)
· Flora Carniolica, Editio Secunda (1771)
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