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Biology (plants and animals)

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

Voapika in Madagascar is the name of a plant defined with Eriosema psoraleoides in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rhynchosia psoraloides (Lam.) DC. (among others).

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

· Exploration Botanique de l’Afrique Occidentale Française (1920)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique (1861)
· Feddes Repertorium (1992)
· Florae Senegambiae Tentamen (1832)
· Willdenowia (1986)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) (1826)

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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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