Wild squill: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Wild squill in English is the name of a plant defined with Ledebouria cooperi in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Scilla inandensis Bak. (among others).
2) Wild squill is also identified with Merwilla plumbea It has the synonym Scilla natalensis Planch. (etc.).
3) Wild squill is also identified with Schizocarphus nervosus It has the synonym Scilla rigidifolia var. gerrardii (Baker) Baker (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (5580)
· South African Journal of Botany (2005)
· Trav. S. Africa (1822)
· Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1898)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1873)
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