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Official name :
Acacia brevispica Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
27 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 29 d
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Suiei Ndorobo, the hunter-gatherers in the Mathew's Range of northern Kenya in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) nector source
H(203) used for construction materials
H(203) used for construction materials
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
lgirigiri (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference HA 29 d
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Suiei Ndorobo, the hunter-gatherers in the Mathew's Range of northern Kenya in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(000), V(095)
Recipes :
Vb(000) the whole plant in some area, used as livestock medicine..
V(095) goat's fodder.
V(095) goat's fodder.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
lgirigiri (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference HB 26M
Author(s) :
Bonnefoux, Benedicto Marius (R.P.)
Title :
Plantes médicinales du Hufla. Manuscrits n° 1 et n°2 (Congrégation do Espirito Santo), 1885-1937. Registrated by Bossard, E. in ref. HB 25M
Symptoms :
H(004), H(014), H(104)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, cooked leaves of Acacia brevispica, application on wounds
H(014) purpura, leaves, RNS.
H(104) sourness stomach (otyi) ngwilila, leaves, to chew
H(014) purpura, leaves, RNS.
H(104) sourness stomach (otyi) ngwilila, leaves, to chew
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (regions of Hufla, Tchivinguiro)
Vernacular name :
(omu) nkhenya, (omu) nkhenga, (olu) nkhuenya (Nyaneka)
Reference HB 53
Author(s) :
Belayneh, A. Asfaw, S. Demissew, N. F. Bussa
Title :
Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 8:42 ( 2012)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/42
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018) headache, hot infusion of leaves of Acacia brevispica, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Eastern Ethiopia) (Erer Valley of Babile Wereda)
Vernacular name :
hamaresa (Oromo)
Reference HC 13d
Author(s) :
Chabra, S.C., R.L.A. Mahunnah & E.N. Mshiu
Title :
Plants used in traditional medicine in Eastern Tanzania.IV. Angiosperms (Mimosaceae to Papilionaceae).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 29, pp. 295 - 323, (1990)
Symptoms :
H(037)
Recipes :
H(037) cough, VO. decoction (H2O) roots
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (East)
Vernacular name :
msewa (Zigua)
Reference HD 04
Author(s) :
Desouter, S.
Title :
Pharmacopée humaine et vétérinaire du Rwanda.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale
Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 22, 254 p., (1991)
Symptoms :
H(103)
Recipes :
H(103), stems as brush teeth
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umugeyo (Kinyarwanda)
Reference HD 07
Author(s) :
Durand, J.M.
Title :
Les plantes bienfaisantes du Ruanda et de l'Urundi.
Astrida, Groupe scolaire, 89 p., (1960)
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020) snake bite, crush the plants of Acacia brevispica (umugeyo) + utagiramahwa (unidentified plant) + Piper capense (umubonde) + umubogeli (unidentified plant) + umugomboro (unidentified plant) + Colocasia esculenta (iteke) + y’inanda (unidentified plant) + Basella alba (indarama) + Maesa lanceolata (umuhanga) + icy’imfizi (unidentified plant) + Grewia mollis (umukoma) + Chenopodium opulifolium (umugombe) + igeruza (unidentified plant) + Tragia brevipes ( isusa), crush these plants with H2O, squeeze out the juice with a little H2O, make a plaster with the dough
Plant names from the work of Durand have been encoded from Kinyarwanda names. Confusions are possible.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umugeyo (Kinyarwanda)
Reference HG 17
Author(s) :
Geissler, W., S. A. Harris, R. J. Prince, A. Olsen, R. A. Odhiambo, H. Oketch-Rabah, P. A. Madiega, A. Andersen, P. Molgaard
Title :
Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874102001915
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 83, pp. 39 - 54 (2002)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(039), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008), H(104), H(039) "headworms", roots and seeds decoction , VO. + powder to snuff
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya Bondo district)
Vernacular name :
osiri (Luo)
Reference HK 13
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J.O.
Title :
Medicinal plants of East Africa.
East african literature bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, 368 p., (1976)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(020), H(033), H(068), H(139)
Recipes :
H(013), roots, decoction (H2O) , friction
H(020) snake, roots, decoction (H2O) , RNS.
H(033), roots, decoction (H2O) , VO.
H(068), pounded roots, infusion, VO.
H(139), roots, decoction (H2O) , VO.
H(020) snake, roots, decoction (H2O) , RNS.
H(033), roots, decoction (H2O) , VO.
H(068), pounded roots, infusion, VO.
H(139), roots, decoction (H2O) , VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya, Tanzania
Vernacular name :
kiptare (Marakwet, Kenya), mughobari (Kakamega), mosoma (Sukuma, Tanzania), ol-girigiri (Masai,kenya, Tanzania)
Reference HK 52
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J. O.
Title :
Some common african herbal remedies for skin diseases: with special reference to Kenya
Medicinal and poisonous plants of the tropics.
Proceedings of symposium of the 14th International botanical congress, Berlin, 24 july - 1 august 1987, 44-69, (1987)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(014)
Recipes :
H(013) rash,H(014) dermatitis, itch, roots of Acacia brevispica decoction for bathing. Contain mucilage and tannin
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
kiptare (Marakwet) mughobari (Luhya), ol-girgi (Masai)
Reference HK 63
Author(s) :
Kipkore, K., B. Wanjohi, H. Rono, G. Kigen
Title :
A study of the medicinal plants used by the Marakwet Community in Kenya
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 10:24 (2014)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/24
Symptoms :
H(013), H(086)
Recipes :
H(013) itchy skin rashes, leaves of Acacia brevispica crushed and rubbed on skin
H(086) removal of ganglion, leaves of Acacia brevispica crushed and applied on ganglion
H(086) removal of ganglion, leaves of Acacia brevispica crushed and applied on ganglion
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Marakwet Community)
Vernacular name :
korniswo (local dialect), prickly Thorn Bonsai (Englisch)
Reference HL 01
Author(s) :
Lindsay, R.S. & F.N. Hepper
Title :
Medicinal plants of Marakwet
Kenya.Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom, 49 p., (1978)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(033)
Recipes :
H(013), roots decoction (H2O) of Acacia brevispica , VO. + frictions
H(033) femal, roots of Acacia, decoction (H2O) , VO.
H(033) femal, roots of Acacia, decoction (H2O) , VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Marakwet)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HM 09
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
The Maasai Wonder Plants.
People and Plants training workshop held at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th – 18th march 1999.
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091), root, RNS., general body fitness
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
engirgiri (Maasai)
Reference HM 31
Author(s) :
Maregesi, S. M., O.D. Ngassapa, L. Pieters, A.J. Vlietinck
Title :
Ethnopharmacological suvey of the Bunda district, Tanzania: Plants used to treat infectious diseases.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 113, pp. 457 - 470 (2007)
Symptoms :
H(003), H(013)
Recipes :
H(003, 5) infected swellings,H(013) abscess, pounded leaves of Acacia brevispica, rubbed localy or dressed on the abscess
H(003) infected swellings, leaves infusion, VO.
H(003) infected swellings, leaves infusion, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Bunda district)
Vernacular name :
bigeye (Jita), lugeye (Sukuma)
Reference HO 11
Author(s) :
Otieno, J. N., K. M. M. Hosea, H. V. Lyaruu & R. L. A. Mahunnah.
Title :
Multi-Plant or Single-Plant extracts, whichs is the most effective for local healing in Tanzania?
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines Volume 5 (2): 165 - 172, (2008)
Symptoms :
H(199)
Recipes :
H(199) opportunistic infections (HIV), principaly roots extracts of Harrisonia abyssinica, Carissa edulis, Euclea natalensis, Ximenia caffra, Dichrostachys cinerea, Aloe secundiflora, Acacia brevispica, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (people in Lake Victoria basin)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HT 2k
Author(s) :
Timberlake, J. R.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Pokot of Nothern Kenya, 106 p., (1987)Unpublished report. East African Herbarium
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
H(051), H(055)
Recipes :
H(055) + H(051), boiled root infusion used as emetic against fevers. Leaves rubbed on itches (MASAMUS).
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
ptara, kiptara
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(000), V(095)
Recipes :
Vb(000, f), Vc(095, f), the whole plant
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
lgirigiri (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference VB 17
Author(s) :
Bekalo, I., M. Keengwe, E. Mathias, P. Mundy & al.
Title :
ITDG and IIRR. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya.A field manual of traditional animal health care practice.Intermediate Technology Development Group and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi, Kenya, 226 p., (1996)
Symptoms :
V(001), V(068)
Recipes :
Vb(001), Vch(001),V‚q(001),Vc(001),Vo(001), wash the eyes whith hot H2O + a pinch off powder (Samburu)
V(068)oestres, pounded roots in H2O, liquid in nose (Masai)
V(068)oestres, pounded roots in H2O, liquid in nose (Masai)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Masai)
Vernacular name :
iti (Samburu) olgirgiri (Masai)
Reference VG 02
Author(s) :
Glover, P.E., J. Stewart & M.D. Gwynne
Title :
Masai and Kipsigis notes on East african plants, Part III - Medicinal uses of plants.
East african agricultural and forestry journal, 32, 2, 200 - 207, (1966)
Symptoms :
V(087)
Recipes :
Vb(087)nose, leaves, infusion, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VH 6k
Author(s) :
Heine, B. & M. Brenzinger
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 4: Plant of the Borana (Ethiopia and Kenya).296 p., Band 9 (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Symptoms :
V(075)
Recipes :
Vb(075), cattle which have dry nose or suffer from lack of appetite; soak bark or root with salted water, give cattle to drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VI 03
Author(s) :
Ichikawa, M.
Title :
A preliminary report on the ethnobotany of the Suiei Dorobo in Northern Kenya.
African Study Monographs, Suppl. issue 7, 1 - 52, (1987)
Symptoms :
V(000)
Recipes :
V(000), ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
igirigiri (Moran)
Reference VK 13
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J.O.
Title :
Medicinal plants of East Africa.
East african literature bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, 368 p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(087)
Recipes :
Vb(087), infusion leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
kiptare (Marakwet, Kenya), mughobari (Kakamega), mosoma (Sukuma, Tanzania), olgirigiri (Masaï, Kenya & Tanzania)
Reference VP 01
Author(s) :
Politz, J. & J. Lekeleley
Title :
The knowledge of the Samburu on animal diseases and their traditional methods of treatment.
Unpublished, (1988) From reference:VB 10
Symptoms :
V(008), V(030), V(068)
Recipes :
Vb(008), roots, maceration H2O, VO.
Vb(068), roots, maceration H2O, VO. in the evening
Vb(030), Salvadora persica roots in small pieces, maceration:1j H2O, VO. + idem Acacia brevispica + idem stems, leaves, flowers Cotyledon barbeyi + idem stems, leaves, flowers Loranthus zizyphifolius + barks Acacia raddiana
Vb(068), roots, maceration H2O, VO. in the evening
Vb(030), Salvadora persica roots in small pieces, maceration:1j H2O, VO. + idem Acacia brevispica + idem stems, leaves, flowers Cotyledon barbeyi + idem stems, leaves, flowers Loranthus zizyphifolius + barks Acacia raddiana
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Samburu)
Vernacular name :
igirgirir (Samburu)
Reference VR 04
Author(s) :
Rimbach, L.
Title :
Traditional methods of treating cattle diseases.
Report for ASA (Studienaufenthalte in Africa, Asien und Latein-Amerika), 19 p., (1977) From reference: VB 10
Symptoms :
V(068)
Recipes :
Vb(068), roots, infusion, V.O., vomiting
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
mosoma, kerefu (Sukuma)
Reference VS 20
Author(s) :
Sori, T., M. Bekana, G. Adugna, E. Kelbessa
Title :
Medicinal Plants in the Ethnoveterinary Practices of Borana Pastoralists, Southern Ethiopia
Intern J. Appl. Res. Vet .Med., Vol. 2, No. 3 (2004)
Symptoms :
V(008), V(047), V(011)
Recipes :
V(008) diarrhoea, V(047) cowdriasis or heartwater disease, V(011) 3-day sickness, paste infusion of roots barks of Acacia brevispica, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Southern)
Vernacular name :
hammaressa (Borana language)
Reference VT 2k
Author(s) :
Timberlake, J. R.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Pokot of Nothern Kenya, 106 p., (1987)Unpublished report. East African Herbarium, Nairobi.Multigraphié.
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
Vc(095), Vch(095), goat and camel fodder, especially pods.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
ptara, kiptara
Reference VW 05
Author(s) :
Wanyama, J.B.
Title :
Ethnoveterinary knowledge and practices among the Samburu people: A case study. Ethnoveterinary medicine. Alternatives for livestock development.
Proceedings of an international conference held in Pune, India, 4 - 6 november 1997.BAIF Development research foundation, Pune, India, 88 - 98, (1999)
Symptoms :
V(030)
Recipes :
V(030, 3), ONS., RNS. Plant used for cattle, camels, donkeys, sheeps, goats
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Samburu region)
Vernacular name :
igirigiri