Mokanja: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mokanja in Central African Republic is the name of a plant defined with Entandrophragma angolense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Swietenia angolensis Welw. ex C. DC. (among others).
2) Mokanja is also identified with Entandrophragma candollei It has the synonym Entandrophragma ferrugineum A. Chev..
3) Mokanja is also identified with Entandrophragma cylindricum It has the synonym Pseudocedrela cylindrica Sprague (etc.).
4) Mokanja in Congo is also identified with Maranthes glabra It has the synonym Parinari glabra Oliv. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Phytotherapy Research (1994)
· African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2007)
· Pharmacology and Toxicology (2002)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1894)
· Études de systématique et de géographie botaniques sur la flore de Bas- et du Moyen-Congo (1906)
· Journal of Essential Oil Research (1999)
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