Pichhila: 1 definition

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

1) Pichhila in India is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica Schott. & Endl.) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (among others).

2) Pichhila is also identified with Dalbergia sissoo It has the synonym Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., nom. illeg. (etc.).

3) Pichhila is also identified with Hibiscus esculentus It has the synonym Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench (etc.).

4) Pichhila is also identified with Hygrophila auriculata It has the synonym Teliostachya lanceolata Nees var. crispa Nees (etc.).

5) Pichhila is also identified with Tamarindus indica It has the synonym Tamarindus umbrosa Salisb. (etc.).

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

· Berichte der Schweizerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft (1976)
· Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo (1908)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (DC.) (1824)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1860)
· Systematic Botany Monographs (1988)
· Economic Botany (1990)

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