Koorsbossie: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Koorsbossie in South Africa is the name of a plant defined with Marrubium vulgare in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Marrubium ballotoides Boiss. & Balansa (among others).
2) Koorsbossie in Southern Africa is also identified with Dicoma anomala It has the synonym Dicoma nyikensis Bak. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1985)
· Description, vertus et usages
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1893)
· Flora Capensis (Harvey) (1865)
· Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew (1897)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
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