Umbrella milkweed: 1 definition

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

Umbrella milkweed in English is the name of a plant defined with Euphorbia helioscopia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Euphorbion helioscopium (L.) St.-Lag. (among others).

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

· Plantae Veronenses (1754)
· Taxon (1981)
· Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon (1880)
· Opera Botanica (1999)
· Watsonia (1997)
· Synopsis plantarum succulentarum (1812)

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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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