Okwere: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Okwere in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum officinarum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Saccharum officinarum var. rubrum-humile Hassk. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Plantae Javanicae Rariores (1848)
· FBI (1896)
· Flora Brasiliensis (1883)
· Grasses of Burma (1960)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’, ed. 1820 (1820)
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