Shell flower: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Shell flower in English is the name of a plant defined with Pistia stratiotes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Gen. Pl. ed. 5 (1754)
· Blumea (1995)
· Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy (2001)
· Flora de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (1968)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1853)
· Guide to the Poisonous and Irritant Plants of Florida. (1978)
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Partial matches: Flower.
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