Tono: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Tono in Tonga is the name of a plant defined with Centella asiatica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Hydrocotyle pallida DC. (among others).

2) Tono is also identified with Geophila repens It has the synonym Uragoga reniformis (Kunth) Baill. (etc.).

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

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)
· Flora of the Southeastern United States (1903)
· Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (1924)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1914)
· Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica (1991)
· Allgemeine Gartenzeitung (1842)

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