Eloum: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Eloum in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Erythrophleum suaveolens in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fillaea suaveolens Guill. & Perr. (among others).

2) Eloum is also identified with Milicia excelsa It has the synonym Chlorophora tenuifolia Engl. (etc.).

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

· Sci. Rep. Res. Inst. Evol. Biol. (1986)
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Études Bakongo. (1959)
· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne … Botanique (1826)

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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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