Mgalula: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Mgalula in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria lachnophora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria lachnocarpa Baker (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1914)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1915)
· Phytochemistry (1979)
· Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853—61 (1853)
· London Journal of Botany (1843)
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