African elemi: 1 definition

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

1) African elemi in English is the name of a plant defined with Boswellia carteri in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Boswellia carterii Birdw..

2) African elemi is also identified with Boswellia frereana.

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

· BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2009)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1870)
· Anticancer Res. (2853)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1870)
· BioFactors (2000)

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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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