Lengana: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Lengana in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia afra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Artemisia afra Jacq..
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones (1804)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4 (1820)
· Bot. Journal of the Linnean Society (2005)
· Phytotherapy Research (2003)
· Botaniska Notiser (1977)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)
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