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

Ol-masakwa in East Africa is the name of a plant defined with Vernonia auriculifera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vernonia laurentii De Wild..

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

· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l’État (1915)
· Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853--61 (1853)

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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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