Swainsona


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Noun1.Swainsona - a genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
genus Swainsona
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, family Leguminosae, legume family, Leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
darling pea, poison bush - either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
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These plants belong to three genera of the Fabaceae family (Astragalus, Oxytropis, and Swainsona) (BURROWS & TYRL, 2012; COOK et al., 2009; COOK et al., 2013), one genus of the Convolvulaceae family (Ipomoea) and one genus of the Malvaceae family (Sida) (OLIVEIRA JUNIOR et al., 2013).
Ipomoea brasiliana poisoning on buck reproduction/Efeitos da intoxicacao por Ipomoea brasiliana na reproducao de caprinos
pulchellus, Eragrostis lacunaria, Phyllanthus lacunellus, Sclerolaena patenticuspis, Swainsona microphylla) were present in both years.
The response of rare floodplain plants to an environmental watering event at Hattah Lakes, Victoria
(http://nct.org.au/nature-conservation/wildlife/native-plants/slender-darling-pea.html) "Darling Pea" (Swainsona murrayana), a pea-like flower, is a native and endangered plant containing a poisonous substance toxic to the livestock.
Darling Pea Plant Leads Australian Sheep to 'Bang Their Heads to Death'
Maluku Kuru is the name used by the local Aboriginal people for the Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa), which grows in the area.
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It has been used as an instrument drug to study glucoprotein N-link oligosaccharide since its initial extraction from the fruit of Australian Swainsona canescens and North America locoweed (including Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.) (Dantas et al.
Suppressive effects of swainsonine on C6 glioma cell in vitro and in vivo
Hamid & Willians (1997), estudando o comportamento de Swainsona formosa (G.
Desenvolvimento de bananeiras cultivadas em ambiente protegido sob efeito do paclobutrazol aplicado nas folhas

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