Weeping fig: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Weeping fig in English is the name of a plant defined with Ficus benjamina in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Urostigma haematocarpum (Blume ex Decaisne) Miquel) (The name probably refers to the supposed relation of the plant to the source of a resin or benzoin procured from the Orient in antiquity, or the specific epithet from banyan, Sanskrit banij. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mantissa Plantarum (1767)
· Clinical & Experimental Allergy (2003)
· Allergy (2006)
· London Journal of Botany (1847)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series (1929)
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