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

Salacia elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.) G. Don 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: Anthodon ellipticus Mart., Anthodon ellipticus Mart. ex Schult., Anthodon oblongifolius Mart. ex Schult., Raddia elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.) Miers, Raddia fasciculata Miers, Raddia firmifolia Miers, Raddia lacunosa Miers, Raddia oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Miers, Salacia affinis Peyr., Salacia amygdalina Peyr., Salacia elliptica var. apiculata Peyr., Salacia elliptica var. genuina Peyr., Salacia elliptica var. oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Peyr., Salacia erythroxyloides Cambess., Salacia guianensis Klotzsch, nom. nud., Salacia impressifolia (Miers) A.C. Sm., Salacia lacunosa (Miers) Peyr., Salacia melitocarpa Blume, Salacia oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) G. Don, Salacia obtusifolia Cambess., Salacia obtusifolia var. parviflora Cambess., Tonsella elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng., Tonsella oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng., Tontelea elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng. ex B.D. Jacks., nom. inval., Tontelea erythroxyloides (Cambess.) Endl. ex Walp., Tontelea guianensis Klotzsch, Tontelea oblongifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) Spreng. ex B.D. Jacks., nom. inval., Tontelea obtusifolia (Cambess.) Endl. ex Walp..

References regarding Salacia elliptica (Mart. ex Schult.) G. Don for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1811)
· Mantissa (1822)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1825)
· Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis (1829)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· Repertorium Botanices Systematicae (1842)
· Reisen in Britisch-Guiana
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1872)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1878)
· Index Kewensis
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1939)
· Brittonia (1940)

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