Bheku: 1 definition
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Bheku means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Bheku in India is the name of a plant defined with Grewia oppositifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Grewia oppositifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb..
2) Bheku is also identified with Grewia optiva It has the synonym Grewia oppositifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (etc.).
3) Bheku is also identified with Prinsepia utilis It has the synonym Prinsepia utilis Royle ex Hook..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Prodr. (DC.) (1824)
· Prodr. Fl. Nep. (1825)
· Ethnobotany (1997)
· Bull. MedicoEthnobot. Res. (1983)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem (1926)
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