Mvumba: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mvumba in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Vitex mombassae in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex mechowii Gürke (among others).
2) Mvumba in Tanzania is also identified with Senna singueana It has the synonym Cassia zanzibarensis Vatke) (the specific name possibly refers to the name of the place, in Ethiopia, where the French traveller and naturalist Frédéric Cailliaud (1787–1869) found the plant (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1916)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1963)
· Cent. Pl. Afr. (1826)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)
· Pharmaceutical Biology (2002)
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mvumbas, Mvumbasi, Mvumbazi.
Ends with: Umvumba.
Full-text: Mvumbas.
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