Vitellaria paradoxa: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)1) Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Butyrospermum paradoxum (C.F. Gaertn.) Hepper, Lucuma paradoxa (C.F. Gaertn.) A. DC.) (Butyrospermum, from Latin butyrum and Greek boutyron ‘butter’ and sperma ‘seed’, referring to the fatty and oily seeds..
References regarding Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Supplementum Carpologiae (1807)
· Prodr. (1844)
· Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (1865)
· Taxon (1962)
· Taxon (1980)
· Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames. (1984)
· Flore Analytique du Bénin. (2006)
2) Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. subsp. paradoxa is another plant having the following synonyms: Bassia parkii G. Don, Butyrospermum mangifolium (Pierre ex A. Chev.) A. Chev., Butyrospermum paradoxum subsp. parkii (G. Don) Hepper, Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy, Butyrospermum parkii var. cuneatum A. Chev., nom. inval., Butyrospermum parkii var. ferrugineum A. Chev., nom. inval., Butyrospermum parkii var. floccosum A. Chev., nom. inval., Butyrospermum parkii var. mangifolium Pierre ex A. Chev., Butyrospermum parkii var. parvifolium A. Chev., nom. inval., Butyrospermum parkii var. poissoni A. Chev., Butyrospermum parkii var. serotinum A. Chev., nom. inval., Butyrospermum poissonii (A. Chev.) A. Chev., Mimusops capitata Baker, Mimusops pachyclada Baker.
References regarding Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn. subsp. paradoxa for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. (1865)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1895)
· Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. (1907)
· Revue de Botanique Appliquée et d'Agriculture Tropicale (1943)
· Taxon (1962)
· World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae. (2001)
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