Voacanga africana: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Voacanga africana var. glabra (K. Schum.) Pichon, Voacanga angolensis Stapf ex Hiern, Voacanga angustifolia K. Schum, Voacanga bequaertii De Wild., Voacanga boehmii K. Schum., Voacanga eketensis Wernham, Voacanga glaberrima Wernham, Voacanga glabra K. Schum., Voacanga klainei Pierre ex Stapf, Voacanga klainii Pierre ex Stapf, Voacanga lemosii Philipson, Voacanga lutescens Stapf, Voacanga magnifolia Wernham, Voacanga puberula K. Schum., Voacanga schweinfurthii Stapf, Voacanga schweinfurthii var. puberula (K. Schum.) Pichon, Voacanga spectabilis Stapf, Voacanga talbotii Wernham.

References regarding Voacanga africana Stapf ex Scott-Elliot for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Genera Nova Madagascariensia (1806)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1894)
· Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (1895)
· Catalogue of the African Plants collected by Dr. F. Welwitsch in 1853–61 (1853)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1902)
· Catalogue of the plants collected by Mr. & Mrs. P.A. Talbot in the Oban district South Nigeria (1913)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1914)
· Pl. Bequaert. (1922)
· Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tome (1944)
· Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., (1948)
· Taxon (1977)
· Genetica (1985)

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