Water caltrops: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Water caltrops in English is the name of a plant defined with Trapa natans in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trapa bicornis var. cochinchinensis (Loureiro) Steenis (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Life Sci., Res. & Applic. (1996)
· Pl. Coromandel (1815)
· Journal of Japanese Botany (1942)
· Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (1996)
· Flora URSS (1949)
· Journal of Wuhan Botanical Research (1985)
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