Upanda: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Upanda in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Lonchocarpus capassa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Derris violacea Harms (among others).

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

· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1872)
· Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1902)
· J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. (1860)
· Matabele Land ed. 2 (1889)

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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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