Mongave: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Mongave in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Combretum hereroense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym see H. Beiderbecke, Life among the Hereros in Africa. New York 1922, Frank R. Vivelo, The Herero of Western Botswana. St. Paul 1956. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins für die Provinz Brandenburg und die Angrenzenden Länder (1888)
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