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

1) Wild rice in English is the name of a plant defined with Oryza rufipogon in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oryza fatua var. longearistata Ridl. (among others).

2) Wild rice is also identified with Oryza sativa It has the synonym Oryza sativa var. savannae Körn. (etc.).

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

· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Indian Forester (1952)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1986)
· Blumea (1987)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1993)
· Kulturpflanze (1981)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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