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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Plao in Thailand is the name of a plant defined with Croton acutifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

2) Plao is also identified with Croton argyratus It has the synonym Sumbaviopsis albicans (Blume) J.J. Sm. (etc.).

3) Plao is also identified with Croton caudatus It has the synonym Oxydectes denticulata Kuntze (etc.).

4) Plao is also identified with Croton griffithii It has the synonym Croton laevifolius auct. non Bl. (etc.).

5) Plao is also identified with Croton laevigatus It has the synonym Oxydectes oblongifolia Kuntze (etc.).

6) Plao is also identified with Croton poilanei.

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

· Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. (1826)
· Flore Générale de l’Indo-Chine (1925)
· Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India (1983)
· Flora de Filipinas, ed. 2 (1845)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Contr. Fl. Siam (1912)

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