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Official name :
Brachystegia boehmii Taub.
Family :
Fabaceae
7 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HC 13a
Author(s) :
Chabra, S.C., R.L.A. Mahunnah & E.N. Mshiu
Title :
Plants used in traditional medicine in Eastern Tanzania.I. Pteridophytes and Angiosperms (Acanthaceae to Canellaceae).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 21, pp. 253 - 277, (1987)
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) femal, decoction (H2O) of roots, Brachystegia boehmii, Piliostigma thonningii , VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (East)
Vernacular name :
mvomaro (Pare), myombo (Swahili)
Reference HG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medicinal practitioner in Zimbabwe.
Mambo Press, Gweru (Zimbabwe), 411 p., (1985)
(From reference HC 26, HL 22)
Symptoms :
H(104)
Recipes :
H(104), roots of Brachystegia boehmi, infusion (H2O), VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HH 16
Author(s) :
Haerdi, F.
Title :
Afrikanische Heilpflanzen. Die Eingeborenen-Heilpflanzen des Ulanga- Distriktes Tanganjikas (Ostafrika).
Acta tropica, Suppl. 8, 1-278 (1964)
Published : 1964, Verlag für Recht und Gesellschaft (Basel)
Symptoms :
H(004), H(036)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, barks decoction of Brachystegia boehmii, make an ointment , local application
H(036) vertigo, leaves juice, VO.
H(051) paludism, extract from barks, VO.
H(036) vertigo, leaves juice, VO.
H(051) paludism, extract from barks, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
myombo (Swahili), muhani (Kihehe)
Reference HM 45
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the people in Nhema communal area, Zimbabwe
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 136, 347–354, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111003229
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 2) sexually transmitted diseases, barks of Brachystegia boehmii crushed, mixed with cold water, extract VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (Nhema communal area)
Vernacular name :
mupfuti (Shona)
Reference HM 61
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9:31 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/31
Symptoms :
H(199)
Recipes :
H(199) STI , barks of Brachystegia boehmii extract , VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (South-central)
Vernacular name :
mupfuti
Reference HM 69
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine ,9:31 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/31
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) sexually transmissible infections (STI) bark extract of Brachystegia boehmii, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (centre-sud)
Vernacular name :
mupfuti
Reference VG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medical practitioner in Zimbabwe. His principles of practice and pharmacopoeia.
Mambo Press, Gweru, Zimbabwe, 411 p., (1985)
Symptoms :
V(006), V(109)
Recipes :
Vb(006, r), constipation , VO., infusion, barks (rare) (shona)
Vb(109, r), lumbago, VO., infusion, barks (rare) (shona)
Vb(109, r), lumbago, VO., infusion, barks (rare) (shona)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (zone shona)
Vernacular name :
not registered