Mugongo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mugongo in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Schinziophyton rautanenii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Mugongo in Tanzania is also identified with Sclerocarya birrea It has the synonym Commiphora subglauca Engl. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1883)
· Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes (1786)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1912)
· Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (1944)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Linnaea (1850)
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