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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Rosewood in Australia is the name of a plant defined with Alectryon oleifolius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Heterodendrum oleaefolium Desf. (among others).
2) Rosewood in English is also identified with Dalbergia sissoides It has the synonym Amerimnon sissoodes Kuntze (etc.).
3) Rosewood is also identified with Dalbergia sissoo It has the synonym Dalbergia sissoo Roxb., nom. illeg. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Indica; or, descriptions of Indian Plants (1832)
· Applied Entomology and Zoology (2008)
· Indian Drugs (2002)
· Austrobaileya (1987)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Phytochemistry (1994)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Rosewood, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with (+4): African rosewood, Black rosewood, Bombay rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, Burmese rosewood, Caribbean rosewood, Ceylon rosewood, East indian rosewood, False rosewood, French rosewood, Gambian rosewood, Indian rosewood, Madagascar rosewood, Malabar rosewood, New guinea rosewood, Pacific rosewood, Papua new guinea rosewood, Polynesia rosewood, Rosetta rosewood, Senegal rosewood.
Full-text (+14): French rosewood, Gambian rosewood, Malabar rosewood, Senegal rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, Caribbean rosewood, Rosetta rosewood, West african rosewood, Papua new guinea rosewood, Bombay rosewood, Black rosewood, East indian rosewood, New guinea rosewood, Western rosewood, Ceylon rosewood, Seychelles rosewood, False rosewood, Nakuttam, Madagascar rosewood, Indian rosewood.
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Search found 4 books and stories containing Rosewood; (plurals include: Rosewoods). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Journey to Light < [January - March 1974]
All We Owe to Thee < [October – December, 1999]
The Silver Jubilee of ‘Triveni’ < [January 1955]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (j): Scented Substances < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
Parama Samhita (English translation) (by Krishnaswami Aiyangar)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - The therapeutics of Dermatosis (kushtha-cikitsa) < [Cikitsasthana (Cikitsa Sthana) — Section on Therapeutics]