Mkoma: 1 definition
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Mkoma means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mkoma in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Hyphaene coriacea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chamaeriphes shatan (Bojer ex Dammer) Kuntze (among others).
2) Mkoma is also identified with Hyphaene compressa It has the synonym Hyphaene multiformis subvar. lindiensis Becc. (etc.).
3) Mkoma in Tanzania is also identified with Grewia bicolor It has the synonym Grewia mossambicensis Burret (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788)
· Trab. Centro Bot. Junta Invest. Ultramar (1967)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1804)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Hortus Maurit. (1837)
· Hist. Pl. (Baillon) (1895)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mkoma lume, Mkomabi, Mkomabubu, Mkomafi, Mkomakoma, Mkomalendi, Mkomambuzi, Mkomamkene, Mkomampeni, Mkomati.
Ends with: Olmkoma.
Full-text: Mkoma lume.
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