Schefflera volkensii (Harms) Harms
ARALIACEAE
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, and
Grace N. Njoroge
Synonyms
Schefflera volkensii (Harms) Harms: Astropanax volkensii (Harms) Lowry,
G.M. Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin.
Local Names
Schefflera volkensii: Kikuyu: Muthai; Kamba: Ndambili; Marakwet: Tingwa,
Tinwot; Maa: Ottini; Nandi: Ewait; Sebei: Kwelet, Kwalet; Nandi: Jinet; Kipsigis:
Dinet, Tinet (Beentje 1994, Gachati 1989, Kokwaro 2009).
R. W. Bussmann (*)
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge
N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
G. N. Njoroge
Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
R. W. Bussmann (ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa, Ethnobotany of
Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_142
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