White hellebore: 1 definition

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

1) White hellebore in English is the name of a plant defined with Melanthium woodii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Veratrum intermedium Chapm. (among others).

2) White hellebore is also identified with Veratrum album It has the synonym Melanthium virens Thunb. (etc.).

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

· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1995)
· Fl. South. U.S. (1860)
· Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1840)
· Fl. Saghalin. (1915)
· Species Plantarum
· Novon (1998)

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