Red thorn: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Red thorn in English is the name of a plant defined with Acacia gerrardii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia hebecladoides Harms (among others).
2) Red thorn is also identified with Acacia reficiens It has the synonym Acacia uncinata Engl.) (the specific and subspecific names from the Latin reficio, ficere, feci, fectum (facio) ‘to make again, to restore, to repair’.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Tswana. (1953)
· A Handbook of Tswana Law and Custom. (1955)
· Bothalia (1981)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1875)
· Collectors E-H. (1957)
· Bothalia (1974)
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