Species Hippocratea madagascariensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea madagascariensis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Hippocratea:
For Hippocrates of Kos (Cos) (c. 460–370 BCE), Greek physician, contemporary of Herodotus, Thucydides, Socrates and Plato, father of Western medicine, pharmaceutical botanist and founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine and the Hippocratic Oath, although evidence suggests this was written after his death. Hippocrates is credited with being the first person to believe that diseases were caused naturally, the product of environmental factors, diet and living habits.
Etymology of madagascariensis:
From Madagascar
Scientific name:
Hippocratea madagascariensis Lam.
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Protologue:
Tabl. Encycl. 1: 101 (1791)
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Year published:
1791
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Hippocratea madagascariensis.