Stylosanthes hamata: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Hedysarum hamatum L., Hedysarum hamatum Burm. f., Hedysarum hamatum Heyne ex Baker, Stylosanthes eriocarpa S.F. Blake, Stylosanthes hamata Taub., Stylosanthes humilis Hemsl., Stylosanthes humilis Rich. ex Hemsley, nom. inval., Stylosanthes procumbens Sw., nom. illeg.) (Latin hamus ‘hook, a fish-hook’, hamatus ‘hooked, crooked’.

References regarding Stylosanthes hamata (L.) Taub. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Nat. Hist. Jamaica (1707)
· Systema Naturae
· Flora Indica (1768)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus (1788)
· The Flora of British India (1876)
· Biologia CentraliAmericana; … Botany (1879)
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1890)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1922)
· Trop. Grasslands (1987)

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