Species Inula mannii
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There aren’t any identifications of Inula mannii.
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Etymology of Inula:
Gk. inaein = to clean (e.g. wounds); inula, an ancient name associated with the plant elecampane (now called Inula helenium). Inulin, a carbohydrate fibre, can be extracted from the rhizomatous roots of these plants, which have debatable medicinal value. Pliny the Elder wrote that I. viscosa strengthened teeth and healed wounds and stomach upsets.
Etymology of mannii:
Named after Gustav Mann (1835-1916) horticulturist who joined Kew in 1859, collected in West Africa and worked as a forestor in India
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Inula mannii.