Walang: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Walang in Latin America is the name of a plant defined with Axonopus compressus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Digitaria flexuosa Peter (among others).

2) Walang in Nicaragua is also identified with Panicum mertensii It has the synonym Digitaria elatior (L.f.) Willd. (etc.).

3) Walang is also identified with Panicum sphaerocarpon It has the synonym Panicum dichotomum var. sphaerocarpum (Elliott) Alph. Wood (etc.).

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

· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis … (1818)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· The grasses of the United States (1883)
· Index Kewensis (1893)
· Adnotationes Botanicae (1829)
· Révision des Graminées (1829)

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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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