Wild swans: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Wild swans in English is the name of a plant defined with Asclepias fruticosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) Spreng. (among others).
2) Wild swans in South Africa is also identified with Gomphocarpus fruticosus It has the synonym Asclepias albida N.E. Br. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Hortus Kewensis (1811)
· Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (1876)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1954)
· Med. J. Aust. (1986)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Nouveaux Matériaux pour la Flore Atlantique (1874)
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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)