Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Mutamba in Congo is the name of a plant defined with Securidaca longipedunculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen..

2) Mutamba in Southern Africa is also identified with Strychnos cocculoides It has the synonym Strychnos suberosa De Wild..

3) Mutamba is also identified with Strychnos pungens It has the synonym Strychnos pungens Gagnep. (etc.).

4) Mutamba is also identified with Strychnos spinosa It has the synonym Strychnos schweinfurthii Gilg (etc.).

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

· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1808)
· Sylloge Plantarum Novarum (1824)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1902)
· Abh. Kon. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1894)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mutamba, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, chemical composition, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, 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: Mutambananguru, Mutambapfunda.

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