Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Mbaraka in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Cassia abbreviata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia afrofistula Brenan.

2) Mbaraka is also identified with Senna petersiana It has the synonym see Ida Kaplan Langman, A Selected Guide to the Literature on the Flowering Plants of Mexico. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1964, J.H. Barnhart, Biographical Notes upon Botanists. 3: 73. 1965, Stafleu and Cowan, Taxonomic Literature 4: 194–195. 1983 (etc.).

3) Mbaraka in Tanzania is also identified with Senna singueana It has the synonym see Alire Delile (Raffeneau-Delile) (1778–1850), Centurie de plantes d’Afrique du voyage à Méroé, recueillies par M. Cailliaud. Paris 1826–1827 (etc.).

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

· Planta Medica (1990)
· Tetrahedron (2449)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Elenchus Plantarum Horti Botanici (1802)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1984)

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

Ends with: Audumbaraka, Digambaraka, Elambaraka, Nimbaraka, Tattvashambaraka, Tumbaraka, Yakshodumbaraka.

Full-text: Mbaraka mkuu.

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