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Official name :
Boscia coriacea Pax
Family :
Capparaceae
15 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(126)
Recipes :
H(126), root soaked in water and used as an emetic medicine for "ndiss" (hepatitis).
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
lororoi (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference HG 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 :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) gonorrhoea, roots of Boscia coriacea decoction (H2O), VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
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(051), H(055), H(156)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, H(055), H(156), paludism, vomiting, whooping- cough, boil bark in water, drink or add to soup
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(000)
Recipes :
H(000), decoction of roots of Boscia coriacea is drunk or taken in soup for medicinal purposes.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Batemi of the Ngorongoro district)
Vernacular name :
jugumetu (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(100), H(104)
Recipes :
H(100) gono.r, roots in soup, VO.
H(104) stomach, chewed leaf, juice swallowed
H(104) stomach, chewed leaf, juice swallowed
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
chariso (Taita)
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(058)
Recipes :
H(058) obesity, graines de Boscia coriacea , decoction, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Marakwet Community)
Vernacular name :
sorukwo (local dialect)
Reference HT 50
Author(s) :
Teklehaymanot, T.
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal and edible plants of Yalo Woreda in Afar regional state, Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:40 (2017)
DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0166-7
Symptoms :
H(020), H(030), H(037), H(095)
Recipes :
H(030) retained placenta roots of Boscia coriacea, tying
H(173) leprosy, leaves, RNS., topical
H(037) lung infection, leaves, RNS., VO.
H(020) snake bite leaves, fruit, RNS. VO. , topical
H(095) Boscia coriacea is too sour and only one crushed fruit is taken for smoothening taste by older individuals that take milk as food for a longer period. It is used as medicine to avoid dyspepsia.
H(173) leprosy, leaves, RNS., topical
H(037) lung infection, leaves, RNS., VO.
H(020) snake bite leaves, fruit, RNS. VO. , topical
H(095) Boscia coriacea is too sour and only one crushed fruit is taken for smoothening taste by older individuals that take milk as food for a longer period. It is used as medicine to avoid dyspepsia.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Yalow Woreda, Afar regional state)
Vernacular name :
homura / aytneba
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)
Recipes :
Vb(000, f), roots used as livestock medicine
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
lororoi (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference VB 11
Author(s) :
Bollig, M.
Title :
East Pokot camel husbandry.
Institut für Völkerkunde, Köln University, Federal Republic of Germany, non publié, 19 p., (1992) From reference: VB 10
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vch(008) "kiyitagh", VO, infusion green fruit
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Pokot)
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(106)
Recipes :
Vb(001), Vch(001),Veq(001),Vc(001), Vo(001), dried seeds, powder, 1 pinched in eye
V(106)fumigation, mosquitos, ONS. Boscia coriacea + Salvadora persica + Cadaba rotundifolia + Calotropis procera
V(106)fumigation, mosquitos, ONS. Boscia coriacea + Salvadora persica + Cadaba rotundifolia + Calotropis procera
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Turkana)
Vernacular name :
edung (Turkana)
Reference VG 20
Author(s) :
Giday Mirutse , Tilahum Teklehaymanot
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of plants used in management of livestock health problems by Afar people of Ada'ar District, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 9:8 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/8
Symptoms :
V(025), V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(025) babesia (abeli) , Vb(041) anthrax (geno) of cattle leaves of Boscia coriacea, juice., nasal
Vb(041) blackleg (ladore) of cattle, leaves, juice., VO. and nasal
Vb(041) blackleg (ladore) of cattle, leaves, juice., VO. and nasal
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Ada'ar District, Afar Regional State)
Vernacular name :
urma
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), V(126)
Recipes :
V(000), , ONS., RNS.
V(126), RNS, maceration roots in H2O, RNS.
V(126), RNS, maceration roots in H2O, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
serichoi
Reference VN 29
Author(s) :
Njoroge, G. N., I. M. Kaibui, P. K. Njenga & P. O. Odhiambo
Title :
Utilisation of priority traditional medicinal plants and local people's knowledge on their conservation status in arid lands of Kenya (Mwingi District)
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 6:22 (2010) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-22
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/22
Symptoms :
V(102)
Recipes :
Vv(102) bile by chicken , leaves of Boscia coriacea crushed and put in H2O
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya ( Mwing districti)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
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 :
V(001), red eyes (lokonyen), leaves + ashes of hyenas, powder breathed in eyes
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Turkana)
Vernacular name :
eedung
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(034), V(095), V(105)
Recipes :
Vc(034), Vo(034), Vc(095), Vch(095), , ONS., RNS.
Vv(105), boiled infusion of roots, sometimes with Salvadora persica or Boscia coriacea, used against chichen pox
Vv(105), boiled infusion of roots, sometimes with Salvadora persica or Boscia coriacea, used against chichen pox
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
kupungur