Oife: 1 definition
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Oife means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Oife in Guinea is the name of a plant defined with Digitaria longiflora in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Paspalum brevifolium var. propinquum (R. Br.) Benth. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Monograph of the Genus Digitaria (1950)
· Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue … The second edition (1789)
· Observationes Botanicae (1786)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum (1833)
· Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin (1933)
· Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par Ordre du Roi, … éxécuté sur les Corvettes de S. M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne … Botanique (1826)
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Ends with: Odundun etidoife.
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