T'ung ts'ao: 1 definition

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

1) T'ung ts'ao in China is the name of a plant defined with Akebia quinata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Akebia quinata fo. viridiflora Makino (among others).

2) T'ung ts'ao is also identified with Tetrapanax papyrifer It has the synonym Aralia mairei H. Lév. (etc.).

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

· Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae (1864)
· Flora Sylvatica Koreana (1936)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Species Plantarum
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1888)
· Natuurlijke Historie (1779)

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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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