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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Roko in Ivory Coast is the name of a plant defined with Milicia excelsa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chlorophora tenuifolia Engl. (among others).

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

· Genera Plantarum (1880)
· Études Bakongo. (1959)
· The Genera of North American Plants (1818)
· Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique (1982)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1869)
· Notes ethnographiques sur les Peuples communement … Bakuba, ainsi sur les … Bushongo. (1910)

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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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