Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.
SAPINDACEAE
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, and
Grace N. Njoroge
Synonyms
Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.: Dodonaea angustfolia L. f.; Dodonaea bialata Kunth;
Dodonaea burmanniana DC.; Dodonaea dioica Roxb. ex DC.; Dodonaea
bombeyana Blume; Dodonaea eriocarpa fo. galapagensis Sherff; Dodonaea var.
vaccinioides Sherff; Dodonaea spatulata Sm.; Dodonaea viscosa subsp.
angustifolia (L. f.) J.G. West; Dodonaea viscosa subsp. burmanniana (DC.)
J.G. West; Dodonaea viscosa var. amgustifolia (L. f.) Benth.; Dodonaea viscosa
var. galapagensis (Sherff) Porter; Dodonaea viscosa var. spatulata (Sherff) Porter;
Dodonaea viscosa var . vulgaris Benth.; Ptelea viscosa L.
Local Names
Dodonaea viscosa: Kikuyu: Murema-Muthua; Swahili: Mkaa-Pwani, Mkengata;
Borana: Hidesa; Kamba: Kithongoi; Luhya: Muendu; Luo: Oking’; Maa:
Orgeturai, Ol-Tuyesi; Marakwet: Tabilikwa; Sebei: Tombolokwa; Tugen:
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
Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Instituto de Ecología, 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 2020
R. W. Bussmann (ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa, Ethnobotany of
Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77086-4_65-1
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