Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Ngongo in Eastern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Catha edulis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Trigonotheca serrata Hochst. (among others).

2) Ngongo in Kenya is also identified with Sclerocarya birrea It has the synonym Spondias birrea A. Rich. (etc.).

3) Ngongo in Sierra Leone is also identified with Pennisetum polystachion It has the synonym Panicum fuscescens Willd. ex Nees (etc.).

4) Ngongo is also identified with Rottboellia cochinchinensis.

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

· Phytomedicine. (2003)
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1816)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Flore Forestière Soudano-Guineenne (1950)

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Ngongo levu, Ngongo levuha, Ngongoi, Ngongola, Ngongole, Ngongolia, Ngongololo, Ngongon, Ngongonari, Ngongongo, Ngongono, Ngongoro.

Ends with: Angongo, Bongongo, Isingongongo, Mongongo, Mtumba-mngongo, Mungongo, Mususi an singongo, Ngongongo, Onsongongo, Osongongo, Tabangongo.

Full-text: Ngongo levuha, Ngongo levu.

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