Igboa: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Igboa in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Ceiba pentandra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Bombax cumanense Kunth (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (1988)
· A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants (1831)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1791)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 16 (1826)
· The Religion. (1971)
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