Mwinika nguu: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mwinika nguu in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus africanus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth, nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Mwinika nguu is also identified with Asparagus flagellaris It has the synonym Asparagus abyssinicus Hochst. ex A. Rich. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1910)
· Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. (1919)
· Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique (1901)
· Fl. Somala (1932)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1783)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1875)
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