Jikevie: 1 definition
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Jikevie means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Jikevie in Sierra Leone is the name of a plant defined with Cardiospermum grandiflorum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cardiospermum barbicaule Baker (among others).
2) Jikevie is also identified with Cardiospermum halicacabum It has the synonym Corindum halicacabum (L.) Medik. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum seu Prodromus (Swartz) (1788)
· Sitzungsberichte der MathematischPhysikalischen Classe (Klasse) der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München (1878)
· Rumphia (1849)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1847)
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