Wa: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Wa in Gambia is the name of a plant defined with Andropogon gayanus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chloris gayana Kunth (among others).
2) Wa in Ivory Coast is also identified with Pericopsis laxiflora It has the synonym Ormosia laxiflora Benth. ex Baker (etc.).
3) Wa is also identified with Trichilia prieuriana.
4) Wa in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso is also identified with Ximenia americana It has the synonym Amyris arborescens P. Browne (etc.).
5) Wa in Nigeria is also identified with Sorghum bicolor It has the synonym Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Roxb. (etc.).
6) Wa in Senegal is also identified with Oxytenanthera abyssinica It has the synonym John H. Barnhart, Biographical Notes upon Botanists. 1: 224. 1965 (etc.).
7) Wa in Thailand is also identified with Syzygium cumini It has the synonym Calyptranthes jambolana Willd. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plant Sciences Research
· Economic Botany (2004)
· Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, … (1794)
· Institutiones Rei Herbariae (1968)
· Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1868)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1995)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Wa, for example diet and recipes, extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
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Starts with (+708): State of waking, Wa ban hua, Wa bo, Wa er teng, Wa leng, Wa me pre, Wa mee loe, Wa mi loe, Wa mwimva, Wa ngandrongandro, Wa niu, Wa rub, Wa song, Wa sori, Wa votovotoa, Wa vuka, Wa-bin, Wa-kadar, Wa-tyagaf, Wa-tyagaff.
Ends with (+1047): Aakaagwa, Aankha-taruwa, Aankhaa-taruwa, Aburo-wawa, Adas sowa, Adhahana-maluwa, Adomewa, Adumewa, Aduwa, Agwawa, Ahara-pujawa, Ahawa, Ahwa, Ailwa, Ajuluwa, Akajwa, Akawa, Akowa, Akufodewa, Alkamar tururuwa.
Full-text (+68): Mtengo wa minga, Dyombe-wa, Washa wa singa, Dang wa ma, Wa-tyagaf, Wa song, Lushori wa kiume, Wa mwimva, Mwange-wa-ndue, Mtundo wa njou, Mguu wa kuku, Ren shen wa er teng, Duo hua wa er teng, Wa votovotoa, Lukubi wa msitu, Muizu wa kirisa, Mswaki wa kibaniani, Wa leng, Wanjiru wa ngamba, Chu-wa.
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