Ikin: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Ikin in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Panicum maximum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834), Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis. Ex collectione doct. Benj. Heynii. 292. Halberstadii 1821 and M. Archer, Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library. 27–28, 79–80. London 1962, Isaac Henry Burkill, Chapters on the History of Botany in India. Delhi 1965, Stafleu and Cowan, Taxonomic Literature. 2: 188. 1979, R. Desmond, The European Discovery of the Indian Flora. Oxford 1992, Ray Desmond, Dictionary of British & Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. London 1994, Gordon Douglas Rowley, A History of Succulent Plants. Strawberry Press, Mill Valley, California 1997. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1988)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1815)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1853)
· Queensland Agricultural Journal (1938)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1904)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1877)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Ikin iruke, Ikinetenete, Ikingura, Ikinyamateke, Ikinyankurwe.
Ends with: Alikin, Antarayikin, Kakashekikin, Kalmalikin, Karnikin, Kaushikin, Kikin, Kinkinikin, Krikin, Kumbhikin, Narakikin, Pundarikin, Samayikin, Tarikin.
Full-text: Ikin iruke.
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