Definition of Helicteres isora

1. Noun. East Indian shrub often cultivated for its hairy leaves and orange-red flowers.

Exact synonyms: Nut-leaved Screw Tree
Generic synonyms: Screw Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helicteres Isora

Heliamphora
Helianthemum canadense
Helianthemum scoparium
Helianthus angustifolius
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus giganteus
Helianthus laetiflorus
Helianthus maximilianii
Helianthus petiolaris
Helianthus tuberosus
Helichrysum bracteatum
Helichrysum secundiflorum
Helicidae
Heliconian
Helicteres
Helicteres isora (current term)
Helie
Helie's bundle
Heliobacter
Heliobacter pylori
Heliopolis
Helios
Heliothis
Heliothis zia
Heliozoa
Heliozoea
Helipterum
Helipterum manglesii
Helisoma trivolvis

Literary usage of Helicteres isora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1819)
"Sp. PL 3. p. 721. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 239. HELICTERES Isora ; foliis ... edition of the I loi tus Kewensis, in which work HELICTERES Isora does not occur. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1897)
"Helicteres isora, L.—A Mucilaginous Drug from India.—Prof. Hart- wich calls attention to the root, bark and capsules of Helicteres isora, L., which are now ..."

3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Helicteres isora. AVESTA. A part of the Vendidad. This is ÜK religious book of the ... Helicteres isora, Linn. ..."

4. The Indian Forester (1905)
"The reproduction of Helicteres isora is also another instance of similar remarkable reproduction. This is a shrub that is widely distributed in the ..."

5. The Indian Forester (1884)
"Perhaps Helicteres isora is now undergoing a similar change, and will in time be separated from the larger variety. There are no indigenous bamboos, ..."

6. Indian Museum Notes by Indian Museum (1903)
"On Helicteres isora, L. Natural Order ... and were also found on Helicteres isora, L. Natural Order ..."

7. The Indian Forester; a Quarterly Magazine of Forestry (1884)
"Perhaps Helicteres isora is now undergoing a similar change, and will in time be separated from the larger variety. There are no indigenous bamboos, ..."

8. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock, C. J. H. Warden, David Hooper (1890)
"The fatty acids from the lead soap, soluble in ether, consisted of oleic with a small quantity of lauric acid. Helicteres isora, Linn. Fig. ..."

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