West indian milkberry: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)West indian milkberry in English is the name of a plant defined with Chiococca alba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chiococca brachiata var. densifolia (Mart. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica (1756)
· Denkschriften der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Muenchen (1824)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1847)
· Acta Bot. Venez. (1971)
· Flora Mexicana (1893)
· Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium (1942)
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