Tutgantha: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Tutgantha in India is the name of a plant defined with Ephedra gerardiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ephedra gerardiana var. wallichii Stapf (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· J. Sci. Hiroshima Univ., Ser. B, (1984)
· Numer. List (6048)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (1975)
· Mémoires Présentés à l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.Pétersbourg par Divers Savans et lus dans ses Assemblées (1846)
· Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.Naturwiss. Kl. (1889)
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