Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Mubiru in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Vangueria apiculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vangueria longicalyx Robyns.

2) Mubiru is also identified with Vangueria infausta It has the synonym Vangueria campanulata sensu Dale & Eggeling (etc.).

3) Mubiru is also identified with Vangueria madagascariensis It has the synonym Vavanga edulis Vahl, nom. illeg. (etc.).

4) Mubiru is also identified with Vangueria volkensii It has the synonym E.M. Tucker, Catalogue of the library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. 1917–1933 (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Kew Bulletin (1981)
· Adansonia (1878)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1967)
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1985)
· Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (1973)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1928)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mubiru, for example side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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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.

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Starts with: Mubiruiaru.

Full-text: Mubiru-ng'ombe.

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