Breynia androgyna, the Glossary
Breynia androgyna, also known as katuk, star gooseberry, or sweet leaf, is a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable.[1]
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52 relations: Alkaloid, Asparagus, B vitamins, Bangladesh, Basionym, Bronchiolitis obliterans, Brunei Malay, Carl Linnaeus, Carl Ludwig Blume, Celestino Fernández-Villar, Charles Budd Robinson, China, Chinese language, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Filipino language, Francisco Noronha, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Hainan, India, Indonesian language, IUCN Red List, Jamu, Japanese language, Javanese language, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Johannes Jacobus Smith, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Käthe Hoffmann, Leaf vegetable, Madura Island, Mainland Southeast Asia, Malayalam, Malaysian Malay, Malesia, Melientha, New Guinea, Nomen illegitimum, Otto Kuntze, Oxytocin, Palatability, Papaverine, Plants of the World Online, Prolactin, Singapore Island, Sinhala language, Tamil language, Thai language, Vietnamese language, Vitamin C, ... Expand index (2 more) »
- Breynia
Alkaloid
Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom.
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Asparagus
Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus Asparagus native to Eurasia.
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B vitamins
B vitamins are a class of water-soluble vitamins that play important roles in cell metabolism and synthesis of red blood cells.
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
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Basionym
In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses.
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Bronchiolitis obliterans
Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation.
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Brunei Malay
The Brunei Malay language, also called Bruneian Malay language (Jawi: بهاس ملايو بروني), is the most widely spoken language in Brunei and a lingua franca in some parts of Sarawak and Sabah, such as Labuan, Limbang, Lawas, Sipitang and Papar.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
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Carl Ludwig Blume
Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796 – 3 February 1862) was a German-Dutch botanist.
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Celestino Fernández-Villar
Celestino Fernández-Villar (April 2, 1838 – April 29, 1907) was an Augustinian friar and botanist born in Asturias, Spain.
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Charles Budd Robinson
Charles Budd Robinson, Jr. (October 26, 1871 – December 5, 1913) was a Canadian botanist and explorer.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Ferdinand Albin Pax
Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes.
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Filipino language
Filipino (Wikang Filipino) is a language under the Austronesian language family.
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Francisco Noronha
Father Francisco Noronha (also spelled Francisco Noroña) (often incorrectly cited as Fernando do Noronha) (1748, Seville, Spain - January 12, 1788, Mauritius) was a Spanish physician and botanist who resided for some time at Manila, Luzon, Philippines, where he took much effort to organize the Royal Botanic Garden and stock it with valuable plants.
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Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist, whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies.
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Hainan
Hainan is an island province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indonesian language
Indonesian is the official and national language of Indonesia.
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IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
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Jamu
Jamu (Javanese) is a traditional medicine from Indonesia.
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Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
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Javanese language
Javanese (basa Jawa, Javanese script: ꦧꦱꦗꦮ, Pegon: باسا جاوا, IPA) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Javanese people from the central and eastern parts of the island of Java, Indonesia.
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Jean Louis Marie Poiret
Jean Louis Marie Poiret (11 June 1755 in Saint-Quentin7 April 1834 in Paris) was a French clergyman, botanist, and explorer.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier.
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Johannes Jacobus Smith
Johannes Jacobus Smith (Antwerp 29 June 1867 – Oegstgeest 14 January 1947) (sometimes written as Joannes Jacobus Smith) was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies (mainly Java), collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these islands.
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Johannes Müller Argoviensis
Johann Müller (9 May 1828 – 28 January 1896) was a Swiss botanist who was a specialist in lichens.
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Käthe Hoffmann
Johanna Emilie Katharina Elizabeth "Käthe" Hoffmann (born 1 August 1883 in Breslau) was a German botanist who described many plant species in New Guinea and South East Asia including Annesijoa novoguineensis.
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Leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Breynia androgyna and leaf vegetable are leaf vegetables.
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Madura Island
Madura Island (Indonesian: Pulau Madura, Madurese: Polo Madhurâ; pɔlɔ ˈmaʈʰurɤ, Pèghu:, Carakan: ꦥꦺꦴꦭꦺꦴꦩꦢꦸꦫ) is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java.
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Mainland Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.
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Malayalam
Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.
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Malaysian Malay
Malaysian Malay (Bahasa Melayu Malaysia.), also known as Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu piawai), Bahasa Malaysia, or simply Malay, is a standardized form of the Malay language used in Malaysia and also used in Brunei and Singapore (as opposed to the variety used in Indonesia, which is referred to as the "Indonesian" language).
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Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.
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Melientha
Melientha is a genus of plants in the family Opiliaceae described as a genus in 1888. Breynia androgyna and Melientha are flora of Indo-China and flora of Malesia.
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New Guinea
New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.
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Nomen illegitimum
Nomen illegitimum (Latin for illegitimate name) is a technical term used mainly in botany.
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Otto Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (23 June 1843 – 27 January 1907) was a German botanist.
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Oxytocin
Oxytocin is a peptide hormone and neuropeptide normally produced in the hypothalamus and released by the posterior pituitary.
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Palatability
Palatability (or palatableness) is the hedonic reward (which is pleasure of taste in this case) provided by foods or fluids that are agreeable to the "palate", which often varies relative to the homeostatic satisfaction of nutritional and/or water needs.
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Papaverine
Papaverine (Latin papaver, "poppy") is an opium alkaloid antispasmodic drug, used primarily in the treatment of visceral spasms and vasospasms (especially those involving the intestines, heart, or brain), occasionally in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and acute mesenteric ischemia.
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Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Prolactin
Prolactin (PRL), also known as lactotropin and mammotropin, is a protein best known for its role in enabling mammals to produce milk.
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Singapore Island
Singapore Island, also known as mainland Singapore, is the main constituent island of the sovereign island country and city-state of the Republic of Singapore.
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Sinhala language
Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.
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Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.
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Thai language
Thai,In ภาษาไทย| ''Phasa Thai'' or Central Thai (historically Siamese;Although "Thai" and "Central Thai" have become more common, the older term, "Siamese", is still used by linguists, especially when it is being distinguished from other Tai languages (Diller 2008:6).
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Vietnamese language
Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language.
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.
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Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements.
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William Roxburgh
William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany.
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See also
Breynia
- Breynia
- Breynia androgyna
- Breynia assimilis
- Breynia cernua
- Breynia disticha
- Breynia macrantha
- Breynia oblongifolia
- Breynia retusa
- Breynia vitis-idaea
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breynia_androgyna
Also known as Aalius androgyna, Aalius lanceolata, Aalius oblongifolia, Aalius retroversa, Aalius sumatrana, Agyneia ovata, Andrachne ovata, Chekkurmanis, Clutia androgyna, Katuk, Phyllanthus acidissimus, Phyllanthus speciosus, Phyllanthus strictus, Sauropus albicans, Sauropus androgynous, Sauropus androgynus, Sauropus convexus, Sauropus gardnerianus, Sauropus indicus, Sauropus lanceolatus, Sauropus oblongifolius, Sauropus parviflorus, Sauropus retroversus, Sauropus scandens, Sauropus sumatranus, Sauropus zeylanicus, Tropical asparagus.