Winged bean: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Winged bean in English is the name of a plant defined with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Botor tetragonoloba (L.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (1980)
· Systema Naturae
· Economic Botany (1977)
· Economic Botany (1992)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2008)
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Bean.
Ends with: African winged bean, Tropical african winged bean.
Full-text: Tropical african winged bean, African winged bean.
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