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The specific epithet gutta is from the Malay word getah meaning 'sap or latex'. [3] Description. Palaquium gutta grows up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall. The bark is ...
Palaquium gutta. Gutta-percha is a tree of the genus Palaquium in the family Sapotaceae, which is primarily used to create a high-quality latex of the same name. The material is rigid, naturally biologically inert, resilient, electrically nonconductive, and thermoplastic, most commonly sourced from Palaquium gutta; it is a polymer of isoprene which forms a rubber-like elastomer.
Plants, including many now used as culinary herbs and spices, have been used as medicines, not necessarily effectively, from prehistoric times.Spices have been used partly to counter food spoilage bacteria, especially in hot climates, [6] [7] and especially in meat dishes that spoil more readily. [8]
Fibraurea tinctoria is a species of flowering plant [2] native to South Asia, where it grows in wet tropical areas between India and the Philippines. [1] It is considered locally common. [3]
Getah virus is a mosquito-borne arbovirus in the Alphavirus genus. The virus was first isolated in Malaysia in 1955 from the Culex gelidus mosquito. It has been known to infect pigs but more commonly affects horses. [2] The virus was isolated near rubber plantations; the word Getah means rubber in Malay.
Stephania tetrandra is among the 50 fundamental herbs used in TCM. The standard pinyin according to the Chinese [Herbal] Pharmacopia of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国药典; pinyin: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Yao Dian) is: fen fang ji (Chinese: 粉防己; pinyin: fěn fáng jǐ), but it is more commonly known as Han Fang ji (Chinese: 漢防己; pinyin: hàn fáng ...
Cassia leptophylla is a tropical tree species in the genus Cassia, which is indigenous to Brazil.It is named gold medallion tree and has yellow flowers that bloom intermittently throughout the year, spawning seedpods that are rectangular in cross section and rattle festively.
A lymph node, or lymph gland, [1] is a kidney-shaped organ of the lymphatic system and the adaptive immune system.A large number of lymph nodes are linked throughout the body by the lymphatic vessels.