Muthakwa, Mûthakwa: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Muthakwa in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Vernonia auriculifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vernonia laurentii De Wild..
2) Muthakwa in Kenya is also identified with Solanecio mannii It has the synonym Senecio multicorymbosus Klatt (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Études de systématique et de géographie botaniques sur la flore de Bas- et du Moyen-Congo (1904)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1861)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1989)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2008)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1912)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1915)
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Starts with: Muthakwa waruamba.
Full-text: Muthakwa waruamba.
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