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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Thome in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos spinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Strychnos cuneifolia Gilg & Busse (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Sylloge Plantarum Novarum (1824)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1808)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1845)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Notizblatt des Königlichen botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (1895)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1902)
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Temples in and around Madurantakam (by B. Mekala)
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Rule of the Nawabs of the Carnatic < [Chapter 1 - Historical Backdrop]
The New History < [July 1939]
Venkata II of Chandragiri: < [January, 1928]
Madras-Then and Now < [Aug - Sept 1939]
Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria (by Lewis Spence)