Awayo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Awayo in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Oxygonum sinuatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ceratogonum cordofanum Meissn. (among others).
2) Awayo in Kenya is also identified with Rhus pyroides It has the synonym Rhus vulgaris Meikle (etc.).
3) Awayo in Nigeria is also identified with Ficus lutea It has the synonym Urostigma neumannii (Kunth & Bouché) Miq. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1883)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1911)
· Enumeratio Plantarum (1805)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1901)
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· Travels in the interior of South Africa (1822)
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