Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Snakewood in English is the name of a plant defined with Colubrina arborescens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ceanothus colubrinus Lam. (among others).

2) Snakewood is also identified with Strychnos minor It has the synonym Strychnos colubrina auct. non L. (etc.).

3) Snakewood is also identified with Strychnos nux-vomica It has the synonym Strychnos ligustrina Blume (etc.).

4) Snakewood is also identified with Strychnos panamensis It has the synonym Strychnos tepicensis Standl. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. ~Herald~ (1854)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Ceanothus (1768)
· Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in insulis Caribaeis (1760)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007)
· Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France (1910)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Snakewood tree.

Ends with: Bitter snakewood.

Full-text: Snakewood tree, Bitter snakewood, Nakamutti, Virai.

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