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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Whiteheads in English is the name of a plant defined with Eclipta 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 Eupatoriophalacron album (L.) Hitchc. (among others).
2) Whiteheads in Papua New Guinea is also identified with Eclipta prostrata It has the synonym Galinsoga oblonga DC. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Smithsonian Contributions to Botany (1981)
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1770)
· Botanical Miscellany (1831)
· Linnaea (1864)
· New Flora and Botany of North America (1836)
· Glimpses in Plant Research (1988)
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