Horocha: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Horocha in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Strychnos decussata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym see Mary Gunn and Leslie E. Codd, Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa. 82–83. Cape Town 1981 (among others).
2) Horocha is also identified with Strychnos spinosa It has the synonym Strychnos omphalocarpa Gilg & Busse (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kew Bulletin (1955)
· Exploration Botanique de l’Afrique Occidentale Française (1920)
· Sylloge Plantarum Novarum (1824)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1983)
· Silva Capensis (1862)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1905)
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