Mgobe: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mgobe in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Vitex doniana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex cuneata Schumach. & Thonn. (among others).
2) Mgobe is also identified with Vitex ferruginea It has the synonym Chrysomallum integrifolium Bojer ex Schau. (etc.).
3) Mgobe is also identified with Vitex mombassae It has the synonym Vitex goetzei Gürke (etc.).
4) Mgobe is also identified with Vitex payos It has the synonym Vitex hildebrandtii var. glabrescens W. Piep. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Known Geogr. Dist. Verben., ed. 2 (1942)
· Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique, Compt. Rend. (1899)
· Hortus Britannicus (1827)
· African Journal of Biotechnology (2006)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Flora of Tropical East Africa Verb. (1992)
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