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Chelidonium majus L. Papaveraceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

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Synonyms

Chelidonium haematodes Moench; Chelidonium laciniatum Mill.; Chelidonium murale P. Renault,, Chelidonium olidum Tarscher. ex Ott,; Chelidonium quercifolium Willemet; Chelidonium ruderale Salisb.; Chelidonium umbelliferum Stokes

Local Names

Azeibarjan: Ziyilоtu; Georgia: – krist’esiskhla, – mgghphi (Svanetian), – melild (Svanetian), – nats’iphi (Megrelian), – nats’iphu (Megrelian), – saq’vitlo (Acharian), – siskhlabalakhi (Khevsurian), – sursulai (Ingilioian), – khartsetskhla (Acharian), – q’oris q’aq’acho (Kizikian), – tskhenisopha (Rachian, Lechkhumian), – ts’amal (Ingiloian), – ch’edish melild (Svanetian), – jashi ziskhiti (Megrelian) (Makashvili 1991; Ketskhoveli et al. 1971–2011); English: Swallow wort.

Botany and Ecology

Plants to 10 dm. Stems branching, ribbed. Leaves to 35 cm; petiole 2–10 cm; blade deeply 5–9-lobed; margins irregularly dentate or crenate, rarely laciniate. Inflorescences: peduncle 2–10 cm. Flowers: pedicels 5–35 mm; sepals to 1 cm; petals bright...

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  1. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 0105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  2. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  3. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 5, Cholokasvili Ave, 0162, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  4. Instituto de Ecología-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Campus Universitario, Cota Cota Calle 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  5. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Chelidonium majus L. Papaveraceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_88

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