Mjafari: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mjafari in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Zanthoxylum chalybeum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fagara merkeri Engl. (among others).
2) Mjafari in Tanzania is also identified with Erythrina abyssinica It has the synonym Chirocalyx tomentosus Hochst. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· A Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the (1814)
· Some important indigenous medicinal and aromatic plants in the wild flora of Tanzania mainland. (1989)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1825)
· Flowering Plants of Africa (1738)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· The Leguminosae of Tropical Africa (1929)
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