Pigeon berry: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Pigeon berry in English is the name of a plant defined with Duranta erecta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ellisia acuta L. (among others).
2) Pigeon berry is also identified with Guapira discolor It has the synonym Torrubia longifolia (Heimerl) Britton (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Phytologia (1979)
· Phytologia (1940)
· Weeds Susp. Poison. Pl. Queensland (1906)
· Revista Argent. Agron. (1956)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Biblioth. Bot. (1928)
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