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Official name :
Balanites orbicularis Sprague
Family :
Zygophyllaceae
3 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(004), H(004), H(095)
Recipes :
H(001), leaves soaked in water and used as eye lotion
H(004), leaves pounded and applied to "nkipoloi" (a wound)
H(095), fruiteaten; available in early dry season.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
sarai (Dorobo (Suiei))
Reference VG 25
Author(s) :
Gradé, J.T., J. R.S. Tabuti, P.Van Damme
Title :
Ethnoveterinary knowledge in pastoral Karamoja, Uganda
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 122, pp. 273–293 (2009)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874109000233
Symptoms :
V(053)
Recipes :
Vb(053) otitis with pus from ticks (lomid)paste from Balanites orbicularis leaves in ears, (receipt from the Tepeth tribe)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Karamoja of northern Uganda)
Vernacular name :
ejojor (Ngakarimojong)
Reference VO 01
Author(s) :
Ohta Itaru
Title :
Turkana's view of livestock diseases.
African study monographs, Supp. issue 3, 71 - 93, (1984)
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
Vcanis(001), red eyes (lokonyen), leaves + ashes of hyenas, powder breathed in eyes
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Turkana)
Vernacular name :
eebei