Mwale: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mwale in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Bombax rhodognaphalon in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.
2) Mwale is also identified with Pouteria adolfi-friedericii It has the synonym Aningeria adolfi -friedericii (Engl.) Robyns & G.C.C. Gilbert subsp. australis J.H. Hemsl..
3) Mwale is also identified with Raphia farinifera It has the synonym Metroxylon ruffi a (Jacq.) Spreng. (etc.).
4) Mwale is also identified with Raphia hookeri It has the synonym Raphia longirostris Becc. (etc.).
5) Mwale in Zambia is also identified with Erythrina abyssinica It has the synonym Corallodendron abyssinicum (Lam. ex DC.) Kuntze (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1957)
· Flowering Plants of Africa (1738)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Berolinensis (1841)
· Flora (1844)
· Agric. Colon. (1910)
· Lustgården.
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Ends with: Mkungumwale.
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