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Official name :
Avicennia africana P. Beauv.
Family :
Avicenniaceae
Synonyms :
Avicennia germinans (L. ) L.
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HK 01
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J. G. Adam
Title :
La pharmacopée sénégalaise traditionnelle. Plantes médicinales et toxiques.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 1011 p., (1974)
Symptoms :
H(022), H(092), H(104)
Recipes :
H(022), barks stem, branch, trunk, stems with leaves of Avicennia africana, decoction (H2O) , VO., to wash
H(092), seeds of Avicennia., VO.
H(104), roots of Avicennia., decoction (H2O) , VO.
H(092), seeds of Avicennia., VO.
H(104), roots of Avicennia., decoction (H2O) , VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 51
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Les plantes médicinales, toxiques et magiques des Niominka et des Socé des Iles du Saloum (Sénégal)
Acta tropica, Suppl. 8, 279 - 334 (1964)
Symptoms :
H(022), H(030), H(104)
Recipes :
H(022, f) good delivery, H(030, f), retained placenta decoction of barks and stems with leaves of Avicennia africana, VO. or VO. + bath
H(104) abdominal pain, roots decoction, VO.
H(104) abdominal pain, roots decoction, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal (Saloun island)
Vernacular name :
m'bouhane, bourhane, ibouhande, m'bourhane (Niominka) ; diouloukoumon (Socé)
Reference HN 34
Author(s) :
Nfotabong-Atheull, A. , Ndongo Din, Essomè KoumL. G. , Behara Satyanarayana, Koedam N. and Dahdouh-Guebas F.
Title :
Assessing forest products usage and local residents' perception of environmental changes in peri-urban and rural mangroves of Cameroon, Central Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 7:41 (2011)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/7/1/41
Symptoms :
H(051), H(206)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism treatment (external usages), leaves, bark of Avicennia germinans, RNS.
H(206) smelly/stinky body, RNS
H(206) smelly/stinky body, RNS
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroun (South and littoral)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HW 01
Author(s) :
Walker, R.
Title :
Usages pharmaceutiques des plantes spontanées du Gabon.
Bull. Inst. Etudes centrafricaines, n° 4, 5, 6, (1953)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(014), H(039)
Recipes :
H(014) itch, H(039), barks stem, branch, trunk of Avicennia africana , powder, to dilute in palm oil, friction
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VC 06
Author(s) :
Curasson, M.G.
Title :
Le chameau et ses maladies.
Éditions Vigot Frères , 462 p., (1947) From reference: VB 10
Symptoms :
V(014), V(039)
Recipes :
Vch(014), Vch(039), " tar plant", pomade
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sudan
Vernacular name :
not registered