Gbai: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Gbai in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Paspalum vaginatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Digitaria vaginata (Sw.) Magnier (among others).
2) Gbai in Ivory Coast is also identified with Zea mays It has the synonym Mayzea cerealis Raf. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1829)
· Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1931)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1804)
· Flore d’Oware (1807)
· Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (1918)
· Plantae Junghuhnianae (1854)
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Ends with: Lagbai.
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