African bdellium: 1 definition

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

African bdellium in English is the name of a plant defined with Commiphora africana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Balsamodendrum africanum (A. Rich.) Arn. (among others).

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

· Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burseraceae. (1991)
· Economic Botany (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1995)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1982)
· Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or ‘figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants’ (3108)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1981)

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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.

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