Wild calabash: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Wild calabash in English is the name of a plant defined with Crescentia cujete in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crescentia plectantha Miers (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Brasiliensis (1897)
· Fl. Neotrop. (1980)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)
· International Organization of Plant Biosystematists Newsletter (1993)
· Botanical Miscellany (1840)
· Taxon (1994)
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Partial matches: Calabash.
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