Mkungu mwitu: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mkungu mwitu in Africa is the name of a plant defined with Talipariti tiliaceum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pariti tortuosum (Roxb.) Voigt (among others).
2) Mkungu mwitu in Tanzania is also identified with Pycnanthus angolensis It has the synonym Myristica microcephala Benth. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Nova Guinea (1914)
· Dissertação Sobre as Plantas do Brazil (1810)
· Botanical Magazine (1914)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (1999)
· Adansonia (1868)
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