Mfuta mwitu: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Mfuta mwitu in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Sesamum calycinum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sesamum angustifolium (Oliv.) Engl. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1869)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
· Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. (1983)
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