Mwere: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Mwere in Kenya is the name of a plant defined with Pennisetum glaucum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum compressum Balb. ex Steud. (among others).
2) Mwere is also identified with Portulaca oleracea It has the synonym Portulaca pusilla Kunth (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· J. Wuhan Bot. Res. (1985)
· Botanische Zeitung. Berlin (1853)
· Flora Indica … nec non Prodromus Florae Capensis (1768)
· Acta Biol. Cracov., Ser. Bot. (1982)
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