Witdoring: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Witdoring in Southern Africa is the name of a plant defined with Acacia karroo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa leucacantha Jacq. (among others).
2) Witdoring is also identified with Acacia polyacantha It has the synonym Acacia caffra (Thunb.) Willd. var. campylacantha (A. Rich.) Aubrev. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Getreue Darstellung und Beschreibung der in der Arzneykunde Gebräuchlichen Gewächse (1827)
· Journal of South African Botany (1948)
· Kew Bulletin (1956)
· Rev. Samuel Johnson,
· Sources of Yoruba History. (1973)
· Revue international de botanique appliquée et d’agriculture tropicale (1947)
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