Umuyoka: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Umuyoka in Burundi is the name of a plant defined with Senna occidentalis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cassia ciliata Raf. (among others).
2) Umuyoka in Congo is also identified with Senna didymobotrya It has the synonym Cassia nairobensis Hort. ex L.H. Bailey, not validly published (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands (1924)
· Hortus Second (1941)
· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Phytotherapy Research (2004)
· Florula Ludoviciana (1817)
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Starts with: Umuyokayoka.
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