Biology (plants and animals)

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

1) Wamba in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Ricinodendron heudelotii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Barrettia umbrosa Sim (among others).

2) Wamba in Zaire is also identified with Parkia bicolor It has the synonym Parkia agboensis A. Chev. (etc.).

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

· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France
· Flora (1864)
· Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa (1909)
· La Forêt dense d’Afrique centrale. (1989)
· Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem (1911)
· Arbres des Forêts denses d’Afrique Centrale. (1985)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Wamba, for example health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, extract dosage, side effects, have a look at these references.

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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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Starts with: Wambamba.

Ends with: Ayirewamba, Bwamba, Kwamba, Mkwamba, Mukwamba, Mwamba.

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Triveni Journal

A Linguistic Factor in Tamil < [July – Sept. & Oct. – Dec. 1992]

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