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Official name: Dioscorea sylvatica (Kunth) Eckl. var. paniculata
Family: Dioscoreaceae
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Reference VK 26
Author:
Kelmanson, J.E., A.K. Jäger & J. van Staden
| Title: | Zulu medicinal plants with antibacterial activity. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 69, pp. 241- 246, (2000) |
Symptoms: V(004)
| Recipes: | V(004), water heated in the scooped out tuber is used to treat sores and wounds, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa
Vernacular name: ilabatheka (Zulu)
