Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Oka esin in Nigeria 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 Wilma George, in D.S.B. 2: 320– 321. 1981. (among others).

2) Oka esin is also identified with Setaria megaphylla.

3) Oka esin is also identified with Sorghum bicolor It has the synonym Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Raspail, nom. illeg., non Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Roxb. (etc.).

4) Oka esin in Yoruba 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):

· Economic Botany (2004)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles (1830)
· Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum (1829)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1988)
· Conspectus Florae Africae (1894)
· Linnaea (1858)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Oka esin, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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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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Partial matches: Oka, Esin.

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