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vernonia
(redirected from Vernonia amygdalina)

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Noun1.vernonia - any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty huevernonia - any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue
genus Vernonia - genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests


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It has been shown that a compound from Vernonia amygdalina has smooth-muscle-cell relaxation activity in the respiratory tract (Kasonia, 1995).
A few hours after her illness bega, CH started chomping on shoots of Vernonia amygdalina, a shrub native to her home in Tanzania's Mahale Mountains National Park but rarely eaten by any of the chimpanzees there.
 
 
 
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