Imvane: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Imvane in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Asparagus setaceus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asparagopsis setacea Kunth (among others).
2) Imvane is also identified with Asparagus suaveolens It has the synonym Asparagopsis triacantha Kunth (etc.).
3) Imvane in Southern Africa is also identified with Geigeria ornativa It has the synonym Geigeria passerinoides (L’Hér.) Harv. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1898)
· Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1842)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2007)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1914)
· Miss. Stud. Lago Tana (1951)
· Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1931)
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