Mwethia: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mwethia in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria agatiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria agatifolia Schweinf. (among others).
2) Mwethia is also identified with Crotalaria mauensis.
3) Mwethia is also identified with Sesbania sesban It has the synonym Sesbania sesban var. concolor (Wight & Arn.) Baquar (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici (1794)
· Recent Res. Pl. Sci. (1979)
· FBI (1876)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1985)
· Flora of Jamaica, Containing Descriptions of the Flowering Plants Known from the Island (1920)
· Webbia (1972)
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