Mkumajalaga: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mkumajalaga in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Argemone mexicana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echtrus trivialis Lour. (among others).
2) Mkumajalaga is also identified with Argemone ochroleuca.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bot. Žurn. (1991)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· American Midland Naturalist (1914)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register
· Nomenclator Botanicus. (1840)
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