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

1) Dogbodogbo in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Kyllinga erecta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cyperus erectus (Schumach.) Mattf. & Kuek. (among others).

2) Dogbodogbo is also identified with Kyllinga pumila It has the synonym Thryocephalon pumilum (Michx.) Nieuwl. (etc.).

3) Dogbodogbo is also identified with Kyllinga squamulata It has the synonym Cyperus metzii (Hochst. ex Steud.) Mattf. & Kük. (etc.).

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

· Beskrivelse af Guineeiske planter (1827)
· Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tome (1944)
· Flora (1859)
· Berberid. Amer. Austral. (1857)
· Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. (1828)
· Enumeratio Plantarum (1805)

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