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

1) Gao in Cameroon is the name of a plant defined with Eremospatha haullevilleana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Eremospatha hookeri Wendl..

2) Gao in Central African Republic is also identified with Laccosperma secundiflorum It has the synonym Neoancistrophyllum laurentii (De Wild.) Rauschert (etc.).

3) Gao in Mali is also identified with Leptadenia hastata It has the synonym Cynanchum hastatum Pers., nom. illeg., non Cynanchum hastatum Lam. (etc.).

4) Gao in Niger is also identified with Faidherbia albida It has the synonym Acacia mossambicensis Bolle (etc.).

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

· Description de l’Égypte, … Histoire Naturelle (1813)
· Pocket Dictionary: Thonga (Shangaan)-English and English-Tonga (Shangaan). (1909)
· Economic Botany (2001)
· Journal of Natural Products (1995)
· Ann. Mus. Congo Belge (1904)
· Journal of Natural Products (1996)

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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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