Umuraangara: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Umuraangara in Rwanda is the name of a plant defined with Croton macrostachyus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oxydectes macrostachya (Hochst. ex Delile) Kuntze (among others).
2) Umuraangara is also identified with Croton megalocarpus It has the synonym Croton elliotianus Baill. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris (1890)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2003)
· Phytochemistry (2759)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1912)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1903)
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