Watergras: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Watergras in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Echinochloa colona in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum colonum var. zonale (Guss.) L.H. Dewey (among others).
2) Watergras in Southern Africa is also identified with Echinochloa stagnina It has the synonym Panicum oryzetorum Balansa (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Conspectus Florae Africae (1894)
· Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (1966)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1900)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences (1986)
· Trop. Agric. (1941)
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Ends with: Kleinwatergras, Langnaaldwatergras.
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