Mau'u kuku: 1 definition
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Mau'u kuku 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)Mau'u kuku in Hawaii is the name of a plant defined with Cenchrus echinatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicastrella muricata (L.) Moench (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Brasiliensis (1877)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (8854)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Publications of the Field Columbian Museum, Botanical Series (1900)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1917)
· Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte … (1799)
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