A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c59.889

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515 Several identifications: (a) *Casearia zeylanica* (Gaertn.) Thw. = *C. esculenta* Roxb.; (b) a *Reissantia* species (*Reissantia* = *Pristimera* = *Hippocratea*; see WIRM VII, 392); (c) *Salacia chinensis* Linn. = *S. prinoides* DC.; (d) *S. fruticosa* Heyne; (e) *S. macrosperma* Wight. See R.B. Arora, K.C. Mishra and S.D.S. Seth (1973): 17–20; S.K. Kashyap and M.M.S. Ahuja (1968): 155–160; R. Mitra (1985): 463; K.V. Nair et al. (1984): 64. Identified as jade in the English translation.