Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Engumi in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Vangueria apiculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vangueria longicalyx Robyns.

2) Engumi is also identified with Vangueria infausta It has the synonym Vangueria rotundata Robyns (etc.).

3) Engumi is also identified with Vangueria madagascariensis It has the synonym Canthium edule Baill. (etc.).

4) Engumi is also identified with Vangueria volkensii It has the synonym Theodore W. Bossert, Biographical Dictionary of Botanists Represented in the Hunt Institute Portrait Collection 421. Boston, Mass. 1972 (etc.).

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

· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1967)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1928)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006)
· Travels in the interior of South Africa (1824)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
· Systema Naturae (1791)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Engumi, for example side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Engumi-etari, Engumi-etari olgumi, Engumieker.

Full-text: Engumi-etari, Engumi-etari olgumi.

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