African couch: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)African couch in English is the name of a plant defined with Digitaria abyssinica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum scalarum Schweinf. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin agricole du Congo Belge (1919)
· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte (1930)
· Torreya (1924)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1907)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1934)
· Monograph of the Genus Digitaria (1950)
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