Dugba: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Dugba in Togo is the name of a plant defined with Acanthospermum hispidum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acanthospermum humile (Sw.) DC. var. hispidum (DC.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Dugba is also identified with Alternanthera pungens It has the synonym Illecebrum obliquum Schumach. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Exploration Botanique de l’Afrique Occidentale Française (1920)
· Cell and Chromosome Research (1984)
· Santeria Yoruba. (1995)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo) (2007)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1820)
· Ewé: the use of plants in Yoruba society. (1995)
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