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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Popal in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Combretum ghasalense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Combretum dalzielii Hutchinson (among others).
2) Popal is also identified with Combretum adenogonium It has the synonym Combretum ternifolium Engl. & Diels (etc.).
3) Popal in India is also identified with Areca catechu It has the synonym Sublimia areca Comm. ex Mart., nom. inval.) (the specific epithet probably from kachu, an astringent substance. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1989)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Species Plantarum
· Hist. Nat. Palm. (1836)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Translational Research: the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine (2007)
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