Papawea: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Papawea in Nigeria is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis procera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias gigantea L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society (1810)
· Species Plantarum, ed. 4
· Hortus Kewensis (1811)
· The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. (1985)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1903)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (1918)
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