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

1) Umbrella tree in English is the name of a plant defined with Melia azedarach in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Azedaraca amena Raf. (among others).

2) Umbrella tree is also identified with Schefflera actinophylla It has the synonym Brassaia singaporensis Ridl.) (Brassaia Endl., possibly after the Hungarian Samuel Brassai (1798–1898), professor at Klausenburg, his works include Commentator commentatus. Tarlózatok Horatius Satiráinak magyarázói után. Pest 1872, Laelius. [A critique on “M.T. Ciceronis Laelius, sive de amicitia: magyarázta Dr. Heinrich G. Pest, 1870.”] Kolozsvárt 1874 and Logikai tanulmányok. Budapest 1877 (etc.).

3) Umbrella tree is also identified with Schefflera leucantha It has the synonym Schefflera yunnanensis H.L. Li (etc.).

4) Umbrella tree is also identified with Styphnolobium japonicum It has the synonym Sophora pubescens Tausch (etc.).

5) Umbrella tree is also identified with Thespesia populnea It has the synonym Parita populneus Scop. (etc.).

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

· Molluscan Research (1998)
· Quart. J. Forest Res. (1999)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1984)
· Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden (2007)
· Adansonia (1969)

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