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18 plants found in 13 references for the following symptom
Symptom: V(112)
Description: abortifacient
1 reference(s) for Acacia polyacantha Willd.
Official name: Acacia polyacantha Willd.
Family: Mimosaceae
| Pictures: | Acacia_polyacantha.jpg |
Reference VN 22
Author:
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
| Title: | Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112) abortion, leaves of Acacia polyacantha, to boil |
Region: East Africa
Country: Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name: mûcemei
1 reference(s) for Adansonia digitata L.
Official name: Adansonia digitata L.
Family: Bombacaceae
| Synonyms: | Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev. |
| Pictures: | Adansonia_digitata2.jpg , Adansonia_digitata6.jpg , Adansonia_digitata1.jpg , Adansonia_digitata3.jpg , Adansonia_digitata4.jpg , HA06Adansonia_digitata.jpg , Adansonia_digitata5.jpg |
Reference VL 17
Author:
Lobry, M.
| Title: | Les soins au bétail chez les Peuls : une tradition ancestrale. Bull.soc.fr.hist.méd.sci.vét. , 2 (2 ) (2003) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112), the take away of the fœtus is made with a knife. The shepherd has to cut his nails and to wash his hands and arms with a lubrifiant liquid whish include barks of Adansonia digitata (baobab) and leaves of Ceratotheca sesamoides. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Guinea (Fouta-Djallon region), Mali (Macina region), Cameroun (Adamoua table land).
Vernacular name: not registered by the author
1 reference(s) for Aloe secundiflora Engl.
Official name: Aloe secundiflora Engl.
Family: Aloaceae
| Pictures: | Aloe_secundiflora_afr_072.jpg , Aloe_secundiflora2.jpg |
Reference VN 22
Author:
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
| Title: | Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006) |
Symptoms: V(091), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(091) general weakness, the whole plant of Aloe secundiflora, to boil Vb(091) weakening of bones, leaves, to boil Vb(112) abortion, leaves, to boil |
Region: East Africa
Country: Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name: mûgwanûgû
1 reference(s) for Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herbert
Official name: Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herbert
Family: Amaryllidaceae
| Pictures: | Boophone_disticha3.jpg , Boophone_disticha1.jpg , Boophone_disticha2.jpg |
Reference VV 09
Author:
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
| Title: | Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112), bulb scales of Boophone disticha, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name: matubadifala (Setswana)
1 reference(s) for 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 |
Reference VL 17
Author:
Lobry, M.
| Title: | Les soins au bétail chez les Peuls : une tradition ancestrale. Bull.soc.fr.hist.méd.sci.vét. , 2 (2 ) (2003) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112), the take away of the fœtus is made with a knife. The shepherd has to cut his nails and to wash his hands and arms with a lubrifiant liquid whish include barks of Adansonia digitata (baobab) and leaves of Ceratotheca sesamoides. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Guinea (Fouta-Djallon region), Mali (Macina region), Cameroun (Adamoua table land).
Vernacular name: not registered by the author
1 reference(s) for Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Official name: Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Reference VP 2k
Author:
Pernet, R.
| Title: | Les plantes médicinales malgaches.Catalogue de nos connaissances chimiques et pharmaceutiques. Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar.Série B, Tome 8, 217 - 303, (1957) |
Symptoms: Vv(045), Vv(051), Vv(068), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vv(068), whole plant, RNS. Vv(045), Vv(051), Vv(112), this plant is also renowned febrifuge, antiseptic and abortive |
Region: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
Vernacular name: akatasavola, taimborontsiloza, tetrolokolona.
1 reference(s) for Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.
Official name: Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.
Family: Meliaceae
| Synonyms: | Ekebergia rueppelliana (Fresen.) A.Rich. |
| Pictures: | Ekebergia_capensis3.jpg , Ekebergia_capensis1.jpg , Ekebergia_capensis2.jpg |
Reference VN 22
Author:
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
| Title: | Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112) abortion, gall of Ekebergia capensis, to boil |
Region: East Africa
Country: Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name: mûnjuga iria
1 reference(s) for Embelia schimperi Vatke
Official name: Embelia schimperi Vatke
Family: Myrsinaceae
| Synonyms: | Embelia kilimandschari Gilg |
| Pictures: | Embelia_schimperi1.jpg , Embelia_schimperi2.jpg , Embelia_schimperi3.jpg , Embelia_schimperi4.jpg , Embelia_schimperi5.jpg |
Reference VD 03
Author:
Defour, G.
| Title: | Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994) Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE |
Symptoms: V(076), V(112), V(121)
| Recipes: | V(076)glossite, juice of leaves + Pentas zanzibarica + Embelia schiperi, ONS., RNS. V(112), ONS., RNS.V(121) blue tongue, juice of leaves + Pentas zanzibarica + Embelia schiperi, ONS., RNS. |
Region: Central Africa
Country: Democratic republic of Congo (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name: ishalula bahivi (shi)
1 reference(s) for Erythrophleum lasianthum Corb.
Official name: Erythrophleum lasianthum Corb.
Family: Fabaceae
Reference VH 15
Author:
Hutchings A., Lewis G. and Cunningham A
| Title: | Zulu Medicinal Plants: An Inventory (Paperback). University of Natal Press. Pietermeritzburg. (1996) From reference VD 17, HP 50, VM 18 |
Symptoms: V(037), V(112)
| Recipes: | V(037) lung sickness in cattle, bark, RNS. Vcanis (112) abortions in dogs, bark, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa (Zulu region)
Vernacular name: not registered
1 reference(s) for Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Official name: Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Family: Euphorbiaceae
| Synonyms: | Euphorbia calycina N. E. Br. |
| Pictures: | Euphorbia_candelabrum1.jpg , Euphorbia_candelabrum3.jpg , Euphorbia_candelabrum2.jpg |
Reference VD 03
Author:
Defour, G.
| Title: | Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994) Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE |
Symptoms: V(014), V(045), V(092), V(112)
| Recipes: | V(014)dermatosis, latex diluted in, RNS. V(045), ONS., RNS. V(092), fishing poison, ONS., RNS. |
Region: Central Africa
Country: Democratic republic of Congo (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name: mungalangala (shi), umuluha (Kinyarwanda)
1 reference(s) for Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & Avé-Lall.
Official name: Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & Avé-Lall.
Family: Hypoxidaceae
| Pictures: | Hypoxis_hemerocallidea3.jpg , Hypoxis_hemerocallidea2.jpg , Hypoxis_hemerocallidea1.jpg , Hypoxis_hemerocallidea4.jpg |
Reference VV 09
Author:
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
| Title: | Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001) |
Symptoms: V(000), V(033), V(047), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(000)general ailments, Vb(033), Vb(047), Vb(112), corn of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name: tsuku-ya-poo (Setswana)
1 reference(s) for Hypoxis rigidula Baker
Official name: Hypoxis rigidula Baker
Family: Hypoxidaceae
| Pictures: | Hypoxis_rigidula3.jpg , Hypoxis_rigidula1.jpg , Hypoxis_rigidula2.jpg |
Reference VV 09
Author:
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
| Title: | Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001) |
Symptoms: V(000), V(033), V(047), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(000)general ailments, Vb(033), Vb(047), Vb(112), corn of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name: tsuku-ya-poo (Setswana)
1 reference(s) for Leptadenia hastata (Pers.) Decne.
Official name: Leptadenia hastata (Pers.) Decne.
Family: Asclepiadaceae
| Synonyms: | Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach & Thonn.) Decne. |
| Pictures: | Leptadenia_hastata2.jpg , HA06Leptadenia_hastata.jpg , Leptadenia_hastata1.jpg |
Reference VC 01
Author:
Carrière, M.
| Title: | Plantes de Guinée à l'usage des éleveurs et des vétérinaires. CIRAD-EMVT, République Française, Ministère de la coopération: Dép. d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire, 238 p. , (1994) Voir également:http://perso.wanadoo.fr/a.i.r.e./guilex.htm |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Veq(112), whole plant, RNS. |
Region: West Africa
Country: Guinea
Vernacular name: (Malinké) son-niougou, (Poular) safato
1 reference(s) for Manihot esculenta Crantz
Official name: Manihot esculenta Crantz
Family: Euphorbiaceae
| Synonyms: | Manihot utilissima Pohl |
| Pictures: | HA21Manihot_esculenta.jpg , Manihot_esculenta2.jpg , Manihot_esculenta1.jpg , Manihot_esculenta3.jpg , Manihot_esculenta4.jpg , Manihot_esculenta5.jpg |
Reference VH 11
Author:
Haxaire Claudie (Pharmacienne)
| Title: | Phytothérapie et Médecine Familiale chez les Gbaya-Kara (République Centrafricaine) Thèse de doctorat, Université de Paris, Fac. Pharmacie., 320 p., (1979) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vcanis(112), to dip the animal into the water of rincing of the manioc |
Region: Central Africa
Country: Central African Republic
Vernacular name: Indicated by the author in phonetic note. not transposable
3 reference(s) for Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Official name: Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family: Phytolaccaceae
| Synonyms: | Phytolacca abyssinica Mog. |
Reference VB 14
Author:
Byavu, N., C. Henrard, M. Dubois & F. Malaisse
| Title: | Phytothérapie traditionnelle des bovins dans les élevages de la plaine de la Rusizi, Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 4 (3), 135 - 156, (2000) |
Symptoms: V(030), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(030), VO., 1 bouttle maceration leaves + 1 bottle milk Vb(039), VO., cooked leaves + H2O Vb(112), VO., few maceration of leaves |
Region: Central Africa
Country: Democratic republic of Congo (ex. Zaïre) (Rusizi, Kivu)
Vernacular name: umuhokoro, umuraganyina (Kinyarwanda)
Reference VG 07
Author:
Getahun, A.
| Title: | Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine. Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976) |
Symptoms: V(022), V(112)
| Recipes: | V(022), V(112), ONS, RNS |
Region: East Africa
Country: Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name: endod (Amarinya), endoda (Galinya), endott, shebeti, shipti, sobet (Tiginya)
Reference VW 03
Author:
Wilson, R. T. & M. Woldo Gebre
| Title: | Medicine and magic in Central Tigre: a contribution to the ethnobotany of the Ethiopian plateau. Economic Botany, 33, 1, 29 - 34, (1979) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | V(112), crushed roots + H2O, VO. , attention to dosage |
Region: East Africa
Country: Ethiopia (Central Tigre region)
Vernacular name: shibti
1 reference(s) for Polygonum meissnerianum Cham. Schlecht.
Official name: Polygonum meissnerianum Cham. Schlecht.
Family: Polygonaceae
Reference VB 3k
Author:
Bost, R.
| Title: | Pharmacopée malgache. Mémoire de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar, série B, Tome 10, Fasc. 2, 159 - 234, (1961) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(112)abortif vache, plt ent, decoction, infusion |
Region: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar
Vernacular name: mahavaviomby
1 reference(s) for Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drummond
Official name: Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & Drummond
Family: Vitaceae
| Synonyms: | Rhoicissus erythrodes (Fresen.) Planch. |
| Pictures: | Rhoicissus_tridentata.jpg , HR08Rhoicissus_tridentata.jpg , Rhoicissus_tridentata2.jpg |
Reference VV 09
Author:
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
| Title: | Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001) |
Symptoms: V(000), V(015), V(047), V(068), V(112)
| Recipes: | Vb(000)general ailment, V(015), Vb(047), Vb(112), tube of Rhoicissus tridentata r, RNS. |
Region: South Africa
Country: South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name: ntagaraga (Setswana)
1 reference(s) for Sida schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Official name: Sida schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Family: Malvaceae
| Synonyms: | Sida cuneifolia auct. |
Reference VT 26
Author:
Tilahum Teklehaymanot, Mirutse GidayGirmay Medhim,Yalemtsehay Mekonnen
| Title: | Knowledge and use of medicinal plants by people around Debre Libanos monastery in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 111, pp. 271 - 283 ((2007)) |
Symptoms: V(112)
| Recipes: | V(112) abortion (shotelaye), roots of Sida schimperiana tied around forehead |
Region: East Africa
Country: Ethiopia (region of the Debre Libanos monastery)
Vernacular name: chifrig (Amharic)










