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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Okulefo in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Cardiospermum halicacabum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cardiospermum molle Kunth (among others).

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

· Botanica Acta (1990)
· Regnum Vegetabile, or ‘a Series of Handbooks for the Use of Plant Taxonomists and Plant Geographers’ (1993)
· Journal of Helminthology (2000)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1821)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1994)
· Ueber einige künstliche Geschlechter aus der Malvenfamilie, denn der Klasse der Monadelphien (1787)

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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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