Monwo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Monwo in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Lannea schweinfurthii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Odina stuhlmannii Engl. (among others).
2) Monwo is also identified with Lannea triphylla.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1899)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1897)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
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