Wild sesame: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Wild sesame in English is the name of a plant defined with Sesamum alatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Volkameria alata (Thonn.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1893)
· Flore de l’Afrique Centrale Française, Énumeration des Plantes Récoltées (1913)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1971)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1996)
· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Vanaspati (Plants) used in Veda < [Chapter 2 - The nature of treatment for diseases in the Ancient era]