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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Soap nut in English is the name of a plant defined with Sapindus saponaria in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cupania saponarioides Sw. (among others).

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

· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Plukenet, Leonard (1642–1706),
· Botanica Acta (1990)
· Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica (1998)
· Phytographia
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Soap nut, for example chemical composition, diet and recipes, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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.

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