Silk cotton tree: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Silk cotton tree in English is the name of a plant defined with Bombax ceiba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Salmalia malabarica Schott. & Endl.) (Gossampinus Schott & Endl., a variant of gossympinus, a Latin name used by Plinius for the cotton tree, Gossypium arboreum L. (among others).
2) Silk cotton tree is also identified with Ceiba pentandra It has the synonym Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indicum DC. (etc.).
3) Silk cotton tree is also identified with Cochlospermum religiosum It has the synonym Wittelsbachia gossypium (L.) Mart. & Zucc., nom. illeg. (etc.).
4) Silk cotton tree is also identified with Gossypium arboreum It has the synonym Gossypium arboreum Parl. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Taxon (1961)
· Acta Botanica Sinica (1985)
· Flora of Jamaica containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the island (1926)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Acta Genetica Sinica (1985)
· Science and Culture (1991)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Silk, Tree, Cotton.
Ends with: King silk cotton tree, Red silk cotton tree, Yellow silk cotton tree.
Full-text (+79): Shalmali, Tulini, Mocarasa, Apurani, Kutashalmali, Kashalmali, Shalmala, Kantakadruma, Sthirajivita, Duraroha, Shalmalini, Sthulakantika, Shalmalin, Nirgandhapushpi, Dharini, Sthirayu, Shalmaliveshta, Kukkuta, Kantakari, Sthirayus.
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Search found 28 books and stories containing Silk cotton tree; (plurals include: Silk cotton trees). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Flora (5): Trees < [Chapter 5 - Aspects of Nature]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Medicines (k): Medicinal Powders < [Chapter 4 - Medicinal Substances in the Chapter on Medicine]
Dermatology (d): Miscellaneous Skin Lesions < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.145 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 11: Sermon on the four gatis: hell-inhabitants < [Chapter IV - Padmaprabhacaritra]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 210: Kandagalaka-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 503: Sattigumba-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Jataka 484: Sālikedāra-jātaka < [Volume 4]
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