Lai pu tao: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Lai pu tao in China is the name of a plant defined with Momordica charantia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sicyos fauriei H. L茅v. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodromus Stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Florae Fluminensis Icon. (1831)
· Herbarium Amboinense (Linn.) (1754)
· Acta Botanica Yunnanica (1993)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1978)
· J. Agric. Sci. (Tokyo) (1962)
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