Definition of Tanghinia. Meaning of Tanghinia. Synonyms of Tanghinia

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Definition of Tanghinia

Tanghinia
Tanghinia Tan*ghin"i*a, n. [NL.] (Bot.) The ordeal tree. See under Ordeal.

Meaning of Tanghinia from wikipedia

- Genus: Cerbera L., 1753 Type species Cerbera manghas L., 1753 Synonyms Elcana Blanco Odollam Adans. Odollamia Raf. Tanghinia Thouars Thevetia Adans....
- Pagiantha dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Markgr. Rejoua dichotoma (Roxb. ex Wall.) Gamble Tabernaemontana laurifolia Ker Gawl. Tanghinia dichotoma G.Don...
- (L.) Raf. Odollamia moluca Raf. Tabernaemontana obtusifolia Poir. Tanghinia manghas (L.) G.Don Tanghinia veneneflua G.Don Tanghinia venenifera Poir....
- Pteralyxia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) Leeuwenb. Synonyms Cerbera laurifolia G.Lodd. Tanghinia laurifolia (G.Lodd.) G.Don Vallesia macrocarpa Hillebr. Pteralyxia macrocarpa...
- Guatemala. He is also credited with isolating tanghinine, taken from Tanghinia venenifera; (family Apocynaceae), and in 1883 discovered a new alkaloid...
- account, historical and physiological, of the Madagascar ordeal poison, the Tanghinia venenifera. London. Houlder, J. A. (1912). Among the Malagasy. James Clarke...