Kaffir plum: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kaffir plum in English is the name of a plant defined with Harpephyllum caffrum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Kaffir plum is also identified with Pappea capensis It has the synonym Blighia unijugata Baker (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora (1844)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1868)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Africae Australis Extratropicae (1835)
· Annals of the Transvaal Museum (1912)
· Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe (Klasse) der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München (1879)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew (1908)
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Partial matches: Plum.
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