Biology (plants and animals)

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

Saccharum bengalense Retz. 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. It has the following synonyms: Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) C. E. Hubb. & R.E. Vaughan ex R.R. Stewart, also spelled bengalense, Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) Bharadw., Basu Chaudh. & Sinha, nom. illeg., non Erianthus bengalensis (Retz.) Hubbard & Vaughn ex Stewart, Erianthus ciliaris (Andersson) Jeswiet, Erianthus ciliaris var. ciliaris, Erianthus munja Jesw., Erianthus munja (Roxb.) Jeswiet, Erianthus procerus (Roxb.) Raizada, Erianthus sara (Roxb.) Rumke, Imperata sara (Roxb.) Schult., Ripidium bengalense (Retz.) Grassl, Saccharum ciliare Anderss., Saccharum moonja Royle, Saccharum munja Roxb., Saccharum procerum Roxb., Saccharum sara Roxb., Saccharum spontaneum L.) (Erianthus Michaux, from the Greek erion ‘wool’ and anthos ‘flower’, referring to the appearance of the inflorescence, see André Michaux, Flora Boreali-Americana. 1: 54. Paris 1803..

References regarding Saccharum bengalense Retz. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Mantissa (1824)
· Illustrations of the Botany … of the Himalayan Mountains … (1839)
· Öfversigt af Förhandlingar: Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien (1855)
· Archief voor de Suikerindustrie in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië (1925)
· Archief voor de Suikerindustrie in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië (1934)
· The Grasses of Mauritius and Rodriguez (1940)
· Brittonia (1945)
· Indian Forester (1954)
· Agra University Journal of Research (Science) (1957)
· Lloydia (1958)
· Proc. 14th Congr. Int. Soc. Sugar Cane Technologists (1972)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1983)
· Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. Part B, Biological Sciences (1985)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1988)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (2003)

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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.

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Full-text (+53): Moonj, Sarkanda, Munj, Sara, Kans, Tejana, Munjata, Sthuladarbha, Sarjbar, Sarghas, Shakrabhanga, Ikshukanda, Bind, Sarkana, Sirki, Majori, Patawar, Sarr, Sharka, Shur.

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