Mrongo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mrongo in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Moringa ovalifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Moringa oleifera auct., sensu Exell & Mendonça, misapplied name (among others).
2) Mrongo is also identified with Moringa stenopetala It has the synonym Donaldsonia stenopetala Baker f. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Synopseos Plantarum (Persoon) (1805)
· Symbolae Botanicae (Vahl) (1790)
· Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (1982)
· Moringaceae.
· Senckenbergiana Biologica (1957)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1896)
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