Planta de seda: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Planta de seda in Portuguese is the name of a plant defined with Gomphocarpus fruticosus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Daemia tomentosa (L.) Vatke, nom. illeg., non Daemia tomentosa (L.) Pomel (among others).
2) Planta de seda in South and Central America is also identified with Asclepias curassavica It has the synonym Asclepias bicolor Moench (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annuaire du Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de Genève (1908)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Novon (2005)
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1993)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Research Bulletin (1970)
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