Western red cedar: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Western red cedar in English is the name of a plant defined with Chukrasia tabularis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Swietenia velutina Wall. ex Kurz (among others).
2) Western red cedar is also identified with Thuja plicata It has the synonym Thuja gigantea Nutt..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Phytochemistry (2833)
· Num. List (8099)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae (1858)
· Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891)
· Fl. Gén. Indochine (1946)
· Cat. Pl. Yunnan. (1916)
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