Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Irungbon in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Eragrostis ciliaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Theodore W. Bossert, Biographical dictionary of botanists represented in the Hunt Institute portrait collection. 46. Boston, Mass. 1972 (among others).

2) Irungbon in Yoruba is also identified with Eragrostis tremula It has the synonym Poa multiflora Roxb., nom. illeg., non Poa multiflora Forssk. (etc.).

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

· Révision des Graminées (1829)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles (1830)
· Flora Orientalis (1884)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1908)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1804)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1825)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Irungbon, for example health benefits, extract dosage, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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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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