Muawa: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Muawa in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Ricinodendron heudelotii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barrettia umbrosa Sim (among others).
2) Muawa is also identified with Schinziophyton rautanenii.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora (1864)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1961)
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· Annales de l’Institut BotanicoGéologique Colonial de Marseille (1898)
· Species Plantarum
· Das Pflanzenreich Euph. (1911)
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