Phangla: 1 definition
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Phangla 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)1) Phangla in India is the name of a plant defined with Pogostemon benghalensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Origanum benghalense Burm.f. (among others).
2) Phangla is also identified with Pogostemon parviflorus.
3) Phangla is also identified with Pogostemon plectrantoides It has the synonym Ocimum bengalense Poir. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
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· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1815)
· Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or ‘Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants’ (1830)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1850)
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