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Official name :
Bersama tysoniana Oliv.
Family :
Melianthaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 25
Author(s) :
Dyubeni, L. and L. V. Buwa
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections in Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(14), pp. 2721-2726, 16 April, 2012
http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2012/16Apr/Dyubeni%20and%20Buwa.pdf
Symptoms :
H(118)
Recipes :
H(118) throat infection (Umqala obuhlungu, Izilonda emqaleni), bark of Bersama tysoniana is chewed to treat throat infections. Tea made from boiling bark is taken orally.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (municipality of Nkonkobe)
Vernacular name :
isibhara (Xhosa)
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) bad luck, roots, leaves and semi-parasites of Bersama tysoniana, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
sando (Venda)
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
V(117)
Recipes :
Vb(117) used by Xhosa for gallsickness in cattle, bark decoction of Bersama tysoniana
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Xhosa region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
V(094)
Recipes :
Vb(117), bark, RNS.
Region :
East and South Africa
Country :
East and South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered