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    Lignum nephriticum (Latin for "kidney wood") is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species, the narra (Pterocarpus indicus)...
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    "Bridge" rail, "screw" spike, and lignum vitae tie used to build the Panama Railroad from 1851 to 1855 Lignum nephriticum "lignum vitae". Random House Kernerman...
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    source for the 16th- to 18th-century traditional diuretic known as lignum nephriticum. Many populations of Pterocarpus indicus are seriously threatened...
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    Sahagún and in 1565 by Nicolás Monardes in the infusion known as lignum nephriticum (Latin for "kidney wood"). It was derived from the wood of two tree...
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    colors when water is poured into them (later known to Europeans as lignum nephriticum). During the Spanish colonial era, they were exported to Mexico as...
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    at elevations of 150–3000 m. Previously it was used as a source of lignum nephriticum. "Conabio" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-10....
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  • or palo cuate, used as a traditional diuretic by the Aztec people Lignum nephriticum, the European name for the traditional diuretic derived from Eysenhardtia...
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    1896 Old North Church and the 1974 Bell Tower in Kersting Court. Lignum nephriticum "Caspar Wistar (1761-1818)". lewis-clark.org. Retrieved 7 Sep 2014...
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    leucurum lignum L wood Guaiacum, lignum-vitae; Vitex lignum-vitae, yellow hollywood tree; lignicolous, 'growing on wood'; Lignum nephriticum limosus L...
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