Poison milkweed: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Poison milkweed in English is the name of a plant defined with Asclepias subverticillata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias verticillata var. subverticillata A. Gray (among others).
2) Poison milkweed is also identified with Euphorbia corollata It has the synonym Tithymalopsis joorii (Norton) Small (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodr. (DC.) (1862)
· Pittonia (1898)
· Botanical Gazette, or ‘Paper of Botanical Notes’ (1898)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1954)
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