Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Gabo in Congo is the name of a plant defined with Pausinystalia johimbe in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pausinystalia trillesii Pierre ex Dupouy & Beille (among others).

2) Gabo in India is also identified with Jatropha curcas It has the synonym Castiglionia lobata Ruiz & Pav. (etc.).

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

· Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8 (1768)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Supl. Gaz. Lit. Mexico (1794)
· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1766)
· Familles des Plantes
· Taxon (1984)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Gabo, for example pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, chemical composition, 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: Gabo labi, Gabo lapping, Gabok, Gaboli, Gabon, Gabon mahogany, Gabon padauk, Gabong-lota, Gaboon, Gaboon mahogany, Gaboon nuts, Gaboroda.

Ends with: Agabo, Mogabo, Thawgabo.

Full-text: Gabo lapping, Gabo labi.

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Triveni Journal

Creation and Artist < [April 1971]

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Taliesin (by David William Nash)

Chapter IV - The Mythological Poems

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