Wild liquorice: 1 definition

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

1) Wild liquorice in English is the name of a plant defined with Abrus precatorius in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Abrus wittei Baker f. (among others).

2) Wild liquorice is also identified with Aralia nudicaulis It has the synonym Aralia nudicaulis f. prolifera Britton (etc.).

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

· Familles des Plantes (1763)
· Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club (1890)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1997)
· Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië (1826)
· J. Fla. Med. Assoc. (1978)
· Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris (1836)

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