Nyantan: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Nyantan in Gambia is the name of a plant defined with Eragrostis ciliaris in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Poa lobata (Trin.) Kunth (among others).
2) Nyantan is also identified with Eragrostis tremula It has the synonym Poa multiflora Roxb., nom. illeg., non Poa multiflora Forssk. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum (1829)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1817)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1987)
· The Flora of British India (1896)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles (1830)
· Flora (1855)
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