Msambalawo: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Msambalawo in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Vangueria madagascariensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Canthium edule Baill. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Kew Bulletin (1981)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
· Phytotherapy Research (2006)
· Supplementum Carpologiae (1805)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1819)
· Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet (1792)
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