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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Lion's tail in English is the name of a plant defined with Leonotis leonurus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phlomis speciosa Salisb. (among others).
2) Lion's tail is also identified with Leonotis nepetifolia It has the synonym Leonurus nepetifolius (L.) Mill. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (1838)
· Listados Florísticos de México (1983)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Taxon (1982)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1895)
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Egypt Through The Stereoscope (by James Henry Breasted)
Position 45 - Sethos I And His Son Ramses Ii Worshiping Their Ancestors In Sethos' Great Temple, Abydos < [Standpoints In Egypt]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XLVI < [Goharana Parva]
Section LXXI < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section XVII < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
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Sutrakritanga (English translation) (by Hermann Jacobi)
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