Sikalia: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Sikalia in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Zanha africana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Dialiopsis africana Radlk..
2) Sikalia is also identified with Zanha golungensis It has the synonym Commiphora fraxinoides (Hiern) K. Schum. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Fl. Zambes. (1966)
· Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch (1853)
· Histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775)
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe (Klasse) der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München (1878)
· Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (1933)
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