Shirushavakku: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Shirushavakku in India is the name of a plant defined with Tamarix gallica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Tamarix gallica Thunb. (among others).
2) Shirushavakku is also identified with Tamarix indica.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Der Gesellsschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, neue Schriften (1803)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Japonica (Thunberg) (1784)
· Fl. Ross. (Pallas) (1789)
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