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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Nkelenga in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Acacia xanthophloea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vachellia xanthophloea (Benth.) Banfi & Galasso) (the specific name from the Greek xanthos ‘yellow’ and phloios ‘bark of trees’.

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

· Mabberley’s Pl.-Book
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1875)
· Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civico Storia Nat. Milano (2008)
· Flowering Plants of Africa
· Nordic Journal of Botany (1989)

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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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