Omuongo: 1 definition
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Omuongo 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)1) Omuongo in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Poupartia caffra in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sclerocarya caffra Sond.) (the specific name based on the word birr, the common name for the tree in Senegambia (among others).
2) Omuongo is also identified with Sclerocarya birrea It has the synonym Poupartia silvatica H. Perrier (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Genera Plantarum (1789)
· Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes (1786)
· Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (1944)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
· Kew Bulletin (1980)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzenge schichte und Pflanzengeographie (1912)
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