Winter cherry: 1 definition

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

1) Winter cherry in English is the name of a plant defined with Cardiospermum halicacabum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cardiospermum acuminatum Miq. (among others).

2) Winter cherry is also identified with Solanum pseudocapsicum It has the synonym Solanum pseudocapsicum var. sendtnerianum Hassl. (etc.).

3) Winter cherry is also identified with Withania somnifera It has the synonym Withania somnifera var. macrocalyx Chiov. (etc.).

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

· Ethnobotany (2007)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· Journal of Palynology (1980)
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (1879)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1902)
· Pakistan Journal of Botany (1982)

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