Whitfieldia elongata: 1 definition
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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)Whitfieldia elongata (P. Beauv.) De Wild. & T. Durand 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: Ruellia elongata P. Beauv., Whitfieldia elongata De Wild. & T. Durand, Whitfieldia elongata C.B. Clarke, Whitfieldia longifolia T. Anderson, Whitfieldia longifolia var. perglabra (C.B. Clarke) Hutch. & Dalziel, Whitfieldia perglabra C.B. Clarke, Whitfieldia subviridis C.B. Clarke, Whitfieldia tanganyikensis C.B. Clarke.
References regarding Whitfieldia elongata (P. Beauv.) De Wild. & T. Durand for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:
· Flore d’Oware (1806)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1863)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1899)
· Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique (1899)
· Flora of West Tropical Africa (1931)
· Tanzania Journal of Health Research (2009)
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