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Alhagi maurorum

In 1870, Messrs. Allen and Hanburys, pharmacists of London, presented to Berthelot a sample of a manna which had been sent from Lahore by Dr. Burton Brown it was described as an exudation from a spiny bush, Alhagi maurorum, belonging to the Leguminosae. This manna was said to be very abundant in Persia, where it was used as a purgative and even as a food under the name taranjbin. The manna was well known to Avicenna and other writers of the Middle Ages references to them may be found in Von Lippmann s Geschichte des Zuckers, ... [Pg.21]

Synonyms Alhagi camelorum Fisch. ex DC., Alhagi maurorum Medic., Alhagi persarum Boiss. Buhse, Hedysarum... [Pg.28]

See other pages where Alhagi maurorum is mentioned: [Pg.22]    [Pg.24]    [Pg.5]    [Pg.7]    [Pg.22]    [Pg.24]    [Pg.5]    [Pg.7]    [Pg.19]    [Pg.2]   
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