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Official name :
Acacia nubica Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Acacia oerforta (Forssk.) Schweinf.
29 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(000)
Recipes :
H(000, r), ONS.of Acacia oerforta , RNS.
H(000, r), barks, RNS.
H(000, r), barks, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
ldepe (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference HB 1k
Author(s) :
Bekele-Tesemma, A., A. Birnie & B. Tengnäs
Title :
The useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia.Identification, propagation and management for agricultural and pastoral communities.Regional Soil Conservation Unit.Swedish International Development Authority.
Technical handbook n° 5, 472 p., (1993) CFSCDD P.O. Box 62347, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
Symptoms :
H(113)
Recipes :
H(113), rhumatism bark, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(039), H(201)
Recipes :
H(039) anal parasitic, H(201) expel bad sprit & 'MICH, stem barks of Acacia oerfota are crushed, rubbed & tied on anus (all those symptoms for MICH, H(018) + H(051) + H(166) muscle spasm +H(014) herpes + H(206) = MICH)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Eastern Ethiopia) (Erer Valley of Babile Wereda)
Vernacular name :
ajo (Oromo)
Reference HD 24
Author(s) :
Doka, I.G and S. M. Yagi
Title :
Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants in West Kordofan (Western Sudan)
Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 1409-1416. (2009)
http://ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/dokayagi.htm
Symptoms :
H(103)
Recipes :
H(103) tooth cavity, fruit paste of Acacia nubica, local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Western Sudan (West Kordofan)
Vernacular name :
el ifein
Reference HH 18
Author(s) :
Hassan-Abdallah, A., A. Merito, S. Hassan, D. Aboubaker, M. Djama, Z. Asfaw, E. Kelbessa
Title :
Medicinal plants andt heir uses by the people in the Region of Randa, Djibouti
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 148 701–713, (2013)
Symptoms :
H(004), H(013), H(045), H(123)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(045) wound infections, leaves paste of Acacia oerfota , local application
H(013) infections, grind the leaves in H2O and wash
H(123) food poisoning, oaking crushed leaves in H2O and VO.
H(013) infections, grind the leaves in H2O and wash
H(123) food poisoning, oaking crushed leaves in H2O and VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Djibouti (Region of Randa)
Vernacular name :
sisakto (Geez ?)
Reference HH 3k
Author(s) :
Heine, B. & C. König
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 2: Plants of the So (Uganda).142 p., Band 7 (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091), body pain, soak the root in water, VO. (Laughlin & AIlgeier 1979); general health, (1) drink a decoction prepared from the bark or (2) tie strings ,of the hark around extremities or wash the body with the bark
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (So)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HH 4k
Author(s) :
Heine, B. & I. Heine
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 1: Plants of the Chamus (Kenya).104 p., Band 6, (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Symptoms :
H(104)
Recipes :
H(104), stomach ache, boil root, drink with milk or water
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Chamu)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HH 5k
Author(s) :
Heine, B. & I. Heine
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 3: Rendille plants (Kenya).122 p., Band 8, (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Symptoms :
H(006), H(037), H(191)
Recipes :
H(006), laxative, ONS., RNS.
H(037), cough, boil water with a little milk, add the white inside of the bark, VO.
H(191), blood diseases, soak bark in water, drink as tea
H(037), cough, boil water with a little milk, add the white inside of the bark, VO.
H(191), blood diseases, soak bark in water, drink as tea
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HH 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 :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100), venereal diseases; swollen knees, root, bark, cook soup, drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HI 13
Author(s) :
Issa T O , Y S Mohamed, S Yagi, R H Ahmed, T M Najeeb, A M Makhawi and T O Khider
Title :
Ethnobotanical investigation on medicinal plants in Algoz area (South Kordofan), Sudan
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:31 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0230-y
Symptoms :
H(003), H(020), H(103), H(109)
Recipes :
H(003) swelling, poultice of leaves of Acacia oerforta applied to swellings
H(020) fresh crushed roots rubbed on the place of bite
H(103) toothach, paste with a troon
H(109) back pain roasted twigs put on the back
H(020) fresh crushed roots rubbed on the place of bite
H(103) toothach, paste with a troon
H(109) back pain roasted twigs put on the back
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Sudan (South Kordofan)
Vernacular name :
laoat
Reference HJ 07
Author(s) :
Johns, T., E. B. Mhoro, Pius Sanaya & E.K. Kimanani
Title :
Herbal remedies of the Batemi of Ngorongoro district, Tanzania a quantitative appraisal
Economic Botany 48 (1) pp. 90-95. (1994)
Symptoms :
H(091), H(113)
Recipes :
H(091, 2), root of Acacia nubica, decoction added to soup as a strengthening tonic
H(113, 4), decoction of root or branches drunk or added to soup for joint and-muscle pain
H(113, 4), decoction of root or branches drunk or added to soup for joint and-muscle pain
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Batemi of the Ngorongoro district)
Vernacular name :
oldebe (Batemi)
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(055)
Recipes :
H(013) anthrax, ONS, ashes, RNS
H(055), bark, emetic, ONS, RNS
H(055), bark, emetic, ONS, RNS
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya, ?
Vernacular name :
loepe (Samburu, Kenya)
Reference HK 76
Author(s) :
Kioko, J., J. Baker, A. Shannon and C. Kiffner
Title :
Ethnoecological knowledge of ticks and treatment of tick-borne diseases among Maasai people in Northern Tanzania
Veterinary World 8(6):755-762.
www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.8/June-2015/12.pdf
Symptoms :
V(005)
Recipes :
V(005) brucellosis (Orkibiroto (Masaï)), boil together bark of Acacia nubica and Adansonia digitata, give solution to animal 1 L 1×day for 3 days, very effective (Tick vector : blue tick, brown ear tick, bont tick)
Tick species: Rhipicephalus decoloratus (blue tick (English)) (endenuri/ armaherikima (Masaï)). Affected animal:: cattle, goatt
Tick species: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Rhipicephalusspp.; Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (brown ear tick; (armaheriodo (Masaï)) ). Affected animal::cattle, goat, sheep
Tick species: Amblyomma variegatum, Hyalomma truncatum: (bont tick;) (armaheripus (Masaï)). Affected animal: cattle, goat, sheep
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Northern Tanzania
Vernacular name :
oldepe (Masaï)
Reference HK 85
Author(s) :
Kimondo, J., J. Miaron, P. Mutai, P. Njogu
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of food and medicinal plants of the Ilkisonko Maasai community in Kenya
Journal of Ethnopharmacology , Volume 175, 463–469 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.013
Symptoms :
H(001), H(091), H(100)
Recipes :
H(001) facilitate lactation, H(091) postpartum tonic, H(091) rejuvenation, H(100) sexually transmitted infections, Root bark of Acacia nubica, RNS.
(number of informants = 5 )
(number of informants = 5 )
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Kajiado County)
Vernacular name :
oldepe (Maa; local Maasai name)
Reference HK 93
Author(s) :
Kiringe, J. W.
Title :
A Survey of Traditional Health Remedies Used by the Maasai of Southern Kaijiado District, Kenya
Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:061-073 (2006)
Symptoms :
H(027v), H(030)
Recipes :
H(027v) “Cleaning” women after giving birth ONS of Acacia nubica , RNS.
H(030) facilitate placenta expulsion after giving birth. Roots, boil in soup
H(030) facilitate placenta expulsion after giving birth. Roots, boil in soup
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Southern Kaijiado District)
Vernacular name :
Reference HL 10
Author(s) :
Le Floc'h, E., D. Lenormant, A. Lignon & N. Rezkallah
Title :
Pratiques ethnobotaniques des populations Afars de la moyenne vallée de l'Awash (Ethiopie).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 14, pp. 283 - 314, (1985)
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108) cold, eat internal fiber of the barks or crushed fibers, juice + milk, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Awash valley)
Vernacular name :
garento (Afar)
Reference HM 52
Author(s) :
Musa, M. S., F. E. Abdelrasool, E. A. Elsheikh, L. A. M. N. Ahmed, A. L. E. Mahmoud & S. M. Yagi
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Blue Nile State, South-eastern Sudan
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 5(17), pp. 4287-4297, 9 September, 2011
http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2011/9Sept/Musa%20et%20al.pdf
Symptoms :
H(018), H(020), H(103), H(113)
Recipes :
H(018) headache, inhalation of smoke from roots of Acacia nubica
H(020) snake bite, decoction of roots, VO.
H(103) teeth ache, filling tooth cavity with roots paste
H(113) rheumatic pain, liniment / poultices of stems and steam bath from stems
H(020) snake bite, decoction of roots, VO.
H(103) teeth ache, filling tooth cavity with roots paste
H(113) rheumatic pain, liniment / poultices of stems and steam bath from stems
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Sudan (South-eastern) (Blue Nile State)
Vernacular name :
laot
Reference HS 12c
Author(s) :
Samuelsson G., M. H. Faraha, Per Claeson, M. Hagos, M. Thulin, O. Hedberg, A. M. Warfa, A. O. Hassan, A. H. Elmi , A. D. Abdurahman, A. S. Elmi, Y. A. Abdie & M. H. Alin
Title :
Inventory of plants used in traditional medicine in Somalia. III. Plants of the families Lauraceae - Papilionaceae.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 37, pp. 93 - 112, (1992)
Symptoms :
H(139)
Recipes :
H(139), 3 pieces of dried roots (20 cm long), boiled in 1 l H2O, filtered, 1 cup / day during 15 days
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Somalia
Vernacular name :
gumar
Reference HS 57
Author(s) :
Suleiman, M. H. A.
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by communities of Northern Kordofan region, Sudan
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 176, 232–242 (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.10.039
Symptoms :
H(113)
Recipes :
H(113) anti-rheumatic, roots of Acacia nubica in fumigation
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Sudan, northern Kordofan region
Vernacular name :
aa’ot (local name)
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(018), H(055), H(126)
Recipes :
H(018)headaches, string from bark tied around head against headaches
H(055) + H(126), an emetic against Îevers., ONS., RNS.
H(055) + H(126), an emetic against Îevers., ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
pelil, chesamus