Kyongoa: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Kyongoa in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Momordica rostrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Kyongoa is also identified with Saba comorensis It has the synonym Landolphia cordata (Klotzsch) K. Schum. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Genera Plantarum (1876)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1875)
· Mascarenhasia et Landolphia, Madagascar (1927)
· Recherches sur la Flore Méridionale de Madagascar (1912)
· Flore d’Oware (1806)
· Revue internationale de botanique appliquée et d’agriculture tropicale (1948)
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