Vernonia: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Vernonia in English is the name of a plant defined with Vernonia adoensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vernonia fulviseta S. Moore (among others).
2) Vernonia is also identified with Vernonia cinerea It has the synonym Blumea esquirolii H. Lév. & Vaniot (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Synopsis Generum Compositarum (1832)
· Repertorium Botanices Systematicae. (1843)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1886)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1877)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1908)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+10): Vernonia adoensis, Vernonia amygdalina, Vernonia arborea, Vernonia aspera, Vernonia auriculifera, Vernonia brachycalyx, Vernonia cinerea, Vernonia colorata, Vernonia conferta, Vernonia conyzoides, Vernonia divergens, Vernonia gerberiformis, Vernonia guineensis, Vernonia hildebrandtii, Vernonia hirsuta, Vernonia hymenolepis, Vernonia natalensis, Vernonia neocorymbosa, Vernonia nigritiana, Vernonia oligocephala.
Ends with: Quilted-leaved vernonia, Tree vernonia.
Full-text (+345): Vakuci, Avalguja, Sahadevi, Krishnaphala, Somaraji, Kalameshi, Arapukanne, Suvalli, Vernonia scorpioides, Tree vernonia, Shiwaka, Quilted-leaved vernonia, Ewuro, Domashi, Vernonia conyzoides, Ewuro-oko, Vernonia purpurea, Vernonia adoensis, Vernonia oligocephala, Vernonia hirsuta.
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