Musangu: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Musangu in North Rhodesia is the name of a plant defined with Ochrosia coccinea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lactaria coccinea Teijsmann & Binnendijk (among others).

2) Musangu is also identified with Ochna pulchra It has the synonym Diporidium pulchrum (Hook.) Walp. (etc.).

3) Musangu in Zambia is also identified with Faidherbia albida It has the synonym Acacia mossambicensis Bolle (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Description de l’Égypte, … Histoire Naturelle (1813)
· A Study of the Kanuri Language. (1937)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1927)
· Vocabulary of the Umbundu Language Comprising Umbundu-English and English-Umbundu. (1911)
· Life among the Hereros in Africa. (1922)
· Edwards’s Botanical Register

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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