Snakebitters: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Snakebitters in English is the name of a plant defined with Cissus biformifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitis trifoliata (L.) Baker (among others).
2) Snakebitters is also identified with Cissus verticillata It has the synonym Vitis vitiginea var. compressicaulis (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1968)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1956)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1871)
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
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