Muuka: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Muuka in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Securidaca longipedunculata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen..
2) Muuka in Tanzania is also identified with Conyza pyrrhopapa It has the synonym Microglossa pyrrhopappa (Sch. Bip. ex A. Rich.) Agnew (etc.).
3) Muuka is also identified with Vernonia brachycalyx It has the synonym Vernonia meiocalyx S. Moore (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae (1847)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Novi Proventus Hortorum Academicorum Halensis et Berolinensis . (1818)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2000)
· Feddes Repertorium (1990)
· Revue de Cytologie et de Biologie Végétales, le Botaniste (1987)
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