Mgongolo: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mgongolo in Malawi is the name of a plant defined with Acacia polyacantha in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Brenan (from the Greek polys ‘many’ and akantha ‘thorn’, and kampylos ‘curved’ and akantha ‘thorn’ (among others).
2) Mgongolo in Tanzania is also identified with Combretum schumannii It has the synonym Combretum engleri Schinz.
3) Mgongolo is also identified with Terminalia mollis.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin (1894)
· Kew Bulletin (1956)
· Rev. Samuel Johnson,
· Ifa Divination. Communication between Gods and Men in West Africa. (1969)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Sources of Yoruba History. (1973)
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