Soursop: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Soursop in English is the name of a plant defined with Annona muricata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Guanabanus muricatus M. Gómez (among others).
2) Soursop is also identified with Annona reticulata It has the synonym Annona reticulata Vell. (etc.).
3) Soursop is also identified with Rollinia mucosa It has the synonym Annona obtusifolia DC. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Wrightia (1960)
· Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Genève (1832)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Etnoflora Yucatanense (2004)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1938)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
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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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Ends with: Wild soursop.
Full-text: Wild soursop, Pulippala.
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