| Accepted name: |
Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. var. recurvatus |
| Synonym(s): |
-Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. var. adpressiplis Weath.
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| English names: |
Rough Crowfoot
Hooked Buttercup
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| French names: |
Renoncule recourbée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HRANRER
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Used as poultice for abscesses. Juice used as sedative. Infusion gargled for sore throat(7)Decoction of roots taken to "kill the worms" in sore and hollow teeth. Compound decoction of roots taken to loosen bowels and for venereal disease(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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