mũthathumwa
Kikuyu
mũthathumwa
Alternative forms
- mũthathimwa[1]
Noun
mũthathumwa class 3 (plural mĩthathumwa)
- Hypericum revolutum,[2] a shrub or tree of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae)
- Synonyms: mwanda, thathimwa
See also
- mwania-thenge, kaania-thenge
References
- “mũthathimwa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 497. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 8. TANG 6(3).