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Reference VB 01 has information about 41 plants
Reference:
VB 01
Author:
Bâ, A.S.
| Title: | L'art vétérinaire en milieu traditionnel africain. Agence de Coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), 136 p., (1994) and THESE, présentée et soutenue publiquement le 7 juillet 1982 devant la Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Dakar pour obtenir le grade de Docteur Vétérinaire (Diplôme d'Etat) |
Acacia macrostachya Reichenb. ex DC.
Official name: Acacia macrostachya Reichenb. ex DC.
Family: Mimosaceae
| Pictures: | Acacia_macrostachya1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(074)
| Recipes: | Veq(074) (juko), barks maceration + salt |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: ciidi
Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.
Official name: Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.
Family: Mimosaceae
| Synonyms: | Acacia arabica Willd.; Acacia scorpioides (L.) W.F. Wight |
| Pictures: | Acacia_nilotica3.jpg , Acacia_nilotica2.jpg , Acacia_nilotica1.jpg , B5NordAcacia_nilotica.jpg |
Symptoms: V(001), V(013), V(028), V(045), V(113)
| Recipes: | Vb(001), decoction crushed fresh leaves, drops in eyes Vb(013), Vb(113), stalk warmed in fiber, bandage face interns fiber, frequent bandages Vb(045) decoction, crushed fresh leaves, RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: gawdi, waalo
Alternanthera pungens H. B. & K.
Official name: Alternanthera pungens H. B. & K.
Family: Amaranthaceae
| Synonyms: | Alternanthera repens O. Ktze. |
| Pictures: | Alternanthera_pungens5.jpg , Alternanthera_pungens6.jpg , Alternanthera_pungens4.jpg , Alternanthera_pungens2.jpg , Alternanthera_pungens1.jpg , Alternanthera_pungens3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS, RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: nalnaale
Andropogon gayanus Kunth
Official name: Andropogon gayanus Kunth
Family: Poaceae
| Pictures: | Andropogon_gayanus3.jpg , Andropogon_gayanus2.jpg , Andropogon_gayanus1.jpg , HA03Andropogon_gayanus.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: celal
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del.
Official name: Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del.
Family: Zygophyllaceae
| Synonyms: | Balanites gillettii Cufod. |
| Pictures: | Balanites_aegyptiaca2.jpg , Balanites_aegyptiaca3.jpg , Balanites_aegyptiaca4.jpg , Balanites_aegyptiaca5.jpg , HA06Balanites_aegyptiaca.jpg , Balanites_aegyptiaca1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(020)
| Recipes: | Vb(020), bled with thorns + washed with soaked with buds and with leaves |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: murtooki
Bauhinia rufescens Lam.
Official name: Bauhinia rufescens Lam.
Family: Fabaceae
| Synonyms: | Piliostigma rufescens (Lam.) Benth. |
| Pictures: | Bauhinia_rufescens2.jpg , HA06Bauhinia_rufescens.jpg , Bauhinia_rufescens.jpg |
Symptoms: V(062)
| Recipes: | Vb(062) , buds, maceration, VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: cartu-baleejo
Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
Official name: Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
Family: Acanthaceae
| Synonyms: | Blepharis hirta Hochst. ex Nees |
| Pictures: | HA06Blepharis_linariifolia.jpg , Blepharis_linariifolia1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: giirngal
Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir.
Official name: Boscia senegalensis (Pers.) Lam. ex Poir.
Family: Capparaceae
| Synonyms: | Boscia octandra Hochst. ex Radlk. |
| Pictures: | HA06Boscia_senegalensis.jpg , Boscia_senegalensis2.jpg , Boscia_senegalensis3.jpg , Boscia_senegalensis4.jpg , Boscia_senegalensis5.jpg , Boscia_senegalensis1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(039), V(074), V(082), V(098), V(108)
| Recipes: | Veq(039, 2), ONS., RNS. Veq(074), to inhale the emanations of bud + crushed leaves Veq(082), ONS., RNS. Vb(098), powder as insecticide and vermifuge in the wound emptied of some pus and of larvas of flies + butters on wound Veq(108), crushed leaves, RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: gijili, gisile
Brachiaria sp.
Official name: Brachiaria sp.
Family: Poaceae
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: paggiri
Cassia occidentalis L.
Official name: Cassia occidentalis L.
Family: Fabaceae
| Synonyms: | Senna occidentalis (L.) Link |
| Pictures: | HA06Cassia_ occidentalis.jpg , Cassia_occidentalis1.jpg , Cassia_occidentalis4.jpg , Cassia_occidentalis3.jpg , Cassia_occidentalis5.jpg , Cassia_occidentalis2.jpg |
Symptoms: V(104)
| Recipes: | Veq(104) (reedu muusooru) , maceration crushed leaves, VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: aljannaawi
Cassia tora L.
Official name: Cassia tora L.
Family: Fabaceae
| Synonyms: | Cassia obtusifolia L.; Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby |
| Pictures: | Cassia_tora3.jpg , Cassia_tora1.jpg , Cassia_tora2.jpg , HA06Cassia_tora.jpg |
Symptoms: V(016)
| Recipes: | Vb(016), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: aljannaawi
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Official name: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Family: Bombacaceae
| Pictures: | Ceiba_pentandra2.jpg , Ceiba_pentandra3.jpg , Ceiba_pentandra4.jpg , Ceiba_pentandra5.jpg , Ceiba_pentandra1.jpg , HA05Ceiba_pentandra.jpg |
Symptoms: V(054)
| Recipes: | Vb(054), Ceiba pentandra + Ceratotheca sesamoides, powder + H2O to induice a diaorhea in case of Vb (054) |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: bantinneewi
Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.
Official name: Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.
Family: Pedaliaceae
| Synonyms: | Sesamum heudelotii Stapf |
| Pictures: | Ceratotheca_sesamoides1.jpg , Ceratotheca_sesamoides2.jpg , Ceratotheca_sesamoides3.jpg , HA03Ceratotheca_sesamoides.jpg |
Symptoms: V(054)
| Recipes: | Vb(054), Ceiba pentandra + Ceratotheca sesamoides, powder + H2O to induice a diaorhea in case of Vb(054) |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: nammaadi
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Official name: Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family: Vitaceae
| Synonyms: | Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. |
| Pictures: | Cissus_quadrangularis3.jpg , Cissus_quadrangularis4.jpg , Cissus_quadrangularis2.jpg , Cissus_quadrangularis5.jpg , HA06Cissus_quadrangularis.jpg , Cissus_quadrangularis1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(027), V(005), V(033)
| Recipes: | Vb(027) en case of Vb(005), ONS., RNS. Vb(033) fumigation, ONS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: not registered
Cochlospermum tinctorium Perr. ex A. Rich.
Official name: Cochlospermum tinctorium Perr. ex A. Rich.
Family: Bixaceae
| Synonyms: | Cochlospermum niloticum Oliv. |
| Pictures: | HA03Coch_tinctorium.jpg , Cochlospermum_tinctorium1.jpg , HA06Cochlospermum tinctorium.jpg |
Symptoms: V(076)
| Recipes: | Vb(076) calf, (besngu), maceration powder bark from tubercle, VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: fajuraane
Combretum aculeatum Vent.
Official name: Combretum aculeatum Vent.
Family: Combretaceae
| Pictures: | Combretum_aculeatum1.jpg , Combretum_aculeatum2.jpg , HA06Combretum_aculeatum.jpg |
Symptoms: V(091)
| Recipes: | Vb(091), Grewia bicolor + Combretum aculeatum + Maerua angolensis feed with leaves and with the buds in case of bad nutrition |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: lawnandi
Commelina forskalaei Vahl
Official name: Commelina forskalaei Vahl
Family: Commelinaceae
| Synonyms: | Commelina falcata Hassk. |
| Pictures: | Commelina_forskalaei2.jpg , Commelina_forskalaei1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: walwalnde
Corchorus tridens L.
Official name: Corchorus tridens L.
Family: Tiliaceae
| Pictures: | Corchorus_tridens2.jpg , Corchorus_tridens4.jpg , Corchorus_tridens4.jpg , HA06Corchorus_tridens.jpg , Corchorus_tridens1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: laalo baali
Cordyla pinnata (Lepr. ex A. Rich.) Milne-Redh.
Official name: Cordyla pinnata (Lepr. ex A. Rich.) Milne-Redh.
Family: Fabaceae
| Pictures: | Cordyla_pinnata2.jpg , Cordyla_pinnata3.jpg , Cordyla_pinnata4.jpg , Cordyla_pinnata1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(068)
| Recipes: | Veq(068) (jalfi), dry powder from the barks + leaves + millet, VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: duuki
Crotalaria perrottetii DC.
Official name: Crotalaria perrottetii DC.
Family: Fabaceae
| Pictures: | Crotalaria_perrottetii1.jpg , Crotalaria_perrottetii2.jpg , Crotalaria_perrottetii3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: wawre
Euphorbia hirta L.
Official name: Euphorbia hirta L.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
| Pictures: | HA06Euphorbia_hirta.jpg , Euphorbia_hirta4.jpg , Euphorbia_hirta5.jpg , Euphorbia_hirta2.jpg , Euphorbia_hirta1.jpg , Euphorbia_hirta3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: endam-honn
Feretia apodanthera Del.
Official name: Feretia apodanthera Del.
Family: Rubiaceae
| Synonyms: | Feretia canthioides Hiern |
| Pictures: | Feretia_apodanthera2.jpg , Feretia_apodanthera3.jpg , HA06Feretia_apodanthera.jpg , Feretia_apodanthera1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(001), V(008)
| Recipes: | Vb(008) in case of eye filariasis Vb(001) (busuffer), decoction roots + millet flour |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: commbi
Ficus glumosa Del.
Official name: Ficus glumosa Del.
Family: Moraceae
| Pictures: | Ficus_glumosa4.jpg , Ficus_glumosa2.jpg , Ficus_glumosa1.jpg , HA03Ficus_glumosa.jpg , Ficus_glumosa3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(033)
| Recipes: | Vb(033), fruit, powder, maceration, VO |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: longiri becce
Glinus lotoides L.
Official name: Glinus lotoides L.
Family: Aizoaceae
| Pictures: | Glinus_lotoides.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: jacce jeeri
Grewia bicolor Juss.
Official name: Grewia bicolor Juss.
Family: Tiliaceae
| Pictures: | Grewia_bicolor1.jpg , HA06Grewia_bicolor.jpg |
Symptoms: V(091)
| Recipes: | Vb(091), Grewia bicolor + Combretum aculeatum + Maerua angolensis feed with leaves and with the buds in case of bad nutrition |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: kelli
Indigofera hirsuta L.
Official name: Indigofera hirsuta L.
Family: Fabaceae
| Pictures: | Indigofera_hirsuta3.jpg , HA06Indigofera_hirsuta.jpg , Indigofera_hirsuta1.jpg , Indigofera_hirsuta2.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: korye
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
Official name: Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
Family: Convolvulaceae
| Pictures: | Ipomoea_cairica2.jpg , Ipomoea_cairica5.jpg , Ipomoea_cairica1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: bootere
Ipomoea coscinosperma Hochst.
Official name: Ipomoea coscinosperma Hochst.
Family: Convolvulaceae
| Pictures: | Ipomoea_coscinosperma1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002) , ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: tirde
Lactuca taraxacifolia (Willd.) Schum.
Official name: Lactuca taraxacifolia (Willd.) Schum.
Family: Asteraceae
| Synonyms: | Launea taraxacifolia (Willd.) Amin |
| Pictures: | Lactuca_taraxacifolia1.jpg , HA03Lactuca_ taraxacifolia.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: jalinire
Maerua angolensis DC.
Official name: Maerua angolensis DC.
Family: Capparaceae
| Synonyms: | Maerua arenicola sensu Eyles; Maerua bukobensis Gilg & Bened. |
| Pictures: | HA03Maerua_angolensis.jpg , Maerua_angolensis2.jpg , Maerua_angolensis6.jpg , Maerua_angolensis3.jpg , Maerua_angolensis4.jpg , Maerua_angolensis5.jpg , Maerua_angolensis1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(091)
| Recipes: | Vb(091), Grewia bicolor + Combretum aculeatum + Maerua angolensis feed with leaves and with the buds in case of bad nutrition |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: bagi
Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) K.Schum.
Official name: Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) K.Schum.
Family: Rubiaceae
| Synonyms: | Nauclea africana Willd. |
| Pictures: | HA06Mitragyna_ inermis.jpg , Mitragyna_inermis1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(012), V(098)
| Recipes: | Vb(012), protective dressing powders from leaves on break Vb(098) buds in powder, insecticide and vermifuge in the wound which was emptied of some pus and of larvas of fly + salt + butter on the wound |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: koyli
Momordica balsamina L.
Official name: Momordica balsamina L.
Family: Cucurbitaceae
| Pictures: | HA06Momordica_balsamina.jpg , Momordica_balsamina1.jpg , Momordica_balsamina2.jpg |
Symptoms: V(006)
| Recipes: | Veq(006)powerfull again toxic plants, dry powder of barks + leaves + millet, VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: burbooki
Panicum sp.
Official name: Panicum sp.
Family: Poaceae
| Pictures: | Panicum_sp.1.jpg , Panicum_sp.2.jpg , Panicum_sp.3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: silamburu
Phyllanthus pentandrus Schumach. & Thonn.
Official name: Phyllanthus pentandrus Schumach. & Thonn.
Family: Phyllanthaceae
| Pictures: | Phyllanthus_pentandrus2.jpg , HA06Phyllanthus_pentandrus.jpg , Phyllanthus_pentandrus1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(012), V(098)
| Recipes: | Vb(012), protective dressing powders from leaves on break -Vb(098) (fecco), ONS., insecticide and vermifuge in the wound which was emptied of some pus and of larvas of fly + salt + butter on the wound |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: barbuubel
Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
Official name: Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
Family: Fabaceae
| Synonyms: | Bauhinia reticulata DC. |
| Pictures: | Piliostigma _reticulatum.jpg , Piliostigma_reticulatum1.jpg , HA06Piliostigma_reticulatum.jpg |
Symptoms: V(030)
| Recipes: | V(030), roots, decoction, VO., keeping back placenta |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: barkeewi
Portulaca foliosa Ker-Gawl.
Official name: Portulaca foliosa Ker-Gawl.
Family: Portulacaceae
| Pictures: | Portulaca_foliosa3.jpg , Portulaca_foliosa4.jpg , Portulaca_foliosa2.jpg , Portulaca_foliosa.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: furnere
Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.
Official name: Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst.
Family: Anacardiaceae
| Pictures: | Sclerocarya_birrea4.jpg , Sclerocarya_birrea5.jpg , Sclerocarya_birrea2.jpg , Sclerocarya_birrea3.jpg , Sclerocarya_birrea1.jpg , HA06Sclerocarya_birrea.jpg |
Symptoms: V(020)
| Recipes: | Vb(020), stem's barks, powder + fresh milk from sheep, application in the congested zone |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: eeri
Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen.
Official name: Securidaca longipedunculata Fresen.
Family: Polygalaceae
| Pictures: | HA05Securidaca_longipedunculata.jpg , Securidaca_longipedunculata2.jpg , Securidaca_longipedunculata1.jpg , Securidaca_longipedunculata3.jpg |
Symptoms: V(020)
| Recipes: | Vb(020)(memre), maceration in fresh milk, dressing , VO. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: aalali
Sesbania aculeata Pers.
Official name: Sesbania aculeata Pers.
Family: Fabaceae
| Synonyms: | Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. F. Wight; Sesbania pachycarpa DC. |
| Pictures: | Sesbania_aculeata2.jpg , Sesbania_aculeata1.jpg |
Symptoms: V(002)
| Recipes: | Vb(002), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: gaandi
Solanum incanum L.
Official name: Solanum incanum L.
Family: Solanaceae
| Synonyms: | Solanum melongena L. var. incanum (L.) Kuntze; Solanum coagulans Forssk.; Solanum sanctum L. |
| Pictures: | HA11Solanum_incanum.jpg , Solanum_incanum3.jpg , Solanum_incanum1.jpg , Solanum_incanum2.jpg |
Symptoms: V(104)
| Recipes: | Veq(104) , jfruit juice, drops in nostril |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: iterengaari
Terminalia avicennioides Guill. & Perr.
Official name: Terminalia avicennioides Guill. & Perr.
Family: Combretaceae
| Synonyms: | Terminalia dictyoneura Diels |
| Pictures: | Terminalia_avicennioides1.jpg , HA06Terminalia_avicennioides.jpg |
Symptoms: V(025), V(054)
| Recipes: | Vb(025)babesiosis, Vb(054), ONS., RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Mauritania, Mali, Senegal (border regions)
Vernacular name: puuleemi (Peul)
