Swan plant: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Swan plant in English is the name of a plant defined with Asclepias fruticosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Doemia tomentosa Pomel (among others).
2) Swan plant is also identified with Gomphocarpus fruticosus It has the synonym Asclepias abyssinica (Decne.) N.E. Br. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1993)
· Sketch Bot. S. Carolina (1817)
· Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (1876)
· Phytochemistry. (1994)
· Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell’ Istituto di Bologna (1851)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1868)
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