Iwo awo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Iwo awo 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 Andropogon amboinicus (L.) Merr. (among others).
2) Iwo awo 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):
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Iheringia, Bot. (2001)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)
· Flora Orientalis (1884)
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