Umthongwana: 1 definition

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

Umthongwana in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Oncoba spinosa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices.

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

· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. (1909)
· Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Rhod.–Kongo-Exped. (1914)
· Taxon (1980)
· Rhod. Agr. Journ. (1956)
· Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. (1916)

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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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