Kinakin: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kinakin in India is the name of a plant defined with Cinchona calisaya in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Quinquina carabayensis var. villosa Kuntze (among others).
2) Kinakin is also identified with Cinchona officinalis It has the synonym Quinquina ledgeriana (Howard) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Proc. Internat. Hortic. exhib. Bot. Congr. London (1866)
· Monographie der Gattung Cinchona L. (1878)
· Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. Mém. Math. Phys. (1738)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register (1844)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1830)
· Annales Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavi (1868)
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Starts with: Kina-kinaenal, Kinakina, Kinakinayati, Kinakini.
Full-text: Kinakina.
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