Polygala chinensis: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

1) Polygala chinensis L. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine.

References regarding Polygala chinensis L. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)

2) Polygala chinensis L. var. chinensis is another plant having the following synonyms: Polygala densiflora Blume, Polygala glomerata Lour., Polygala telephioides Willd., Polygala telephioides Boiss. & Balansa) (Greek telepheion ‘health’, telephion used by Dioscorides for a species of Andrachna, Latin telephion, ii ‘a kind of herb resembling purslane’, Plinius.

References regarding Polygala chinensis L. var. chinensis for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Species Plantarum. (1802)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1825)
· Diagn. Pl. Orient. (1856)

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