Uswaswaki: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Uswaswaki in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Conyza pyrifolia in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Erigeron pyrifolius (Lam.) Benth. (among others).
2) Uswaswaki is also identified with Microglossa pyrifolia It has the synonym Conyza heudelotii Oliv. & Hiern (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2005)
· Novi Proventus Hortorum Academicorum Halensis et Berolinensis (1818)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1786)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1836)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1982)
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