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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Cacalia scorpioides (Lam.) Kuntze, Cacalia tournefortioides (Kunth) Kuntze, Conyza scorpioides Lam., Cyrtocymura scorpioides (Lam.) H. Rob., Lepidaploa scorpioides (Lam.) Cass., Staehelina solidaginoides Willd. ex Less., Vernonia breviramosa Rusby, Vernonia flavescens Less., Vernonia lanuginosa Gardner, Vernonia longeracemosa Mart. ex DC., Vernonia saepia Ekman, Vernonia scorpioides var. centriflora DC., Vernonia scorpioides var. longeracemosa DC., Vernonia scorpioides var. longifolia DC., Vernonia scorpioides var. subrepanda DC., Vernonia scorpioides var. subtomentosa DC., Vernonia subrepanda Pers., Vernonia tournefortioides Kunth.

References regarding Vernonia scorpioides (Lam.) Pers. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1786)
· Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (1823)
· Fieldiana, Botany, (1980)
· Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1987)
· Fl. Venez. Guayana. (1997)
· Smithsonian Contr. Bot. (1999)

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Partial matches: Vernonia.

Full-text: Wild patchouli.

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