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Official name :
Brillantaisia eminii Lindau
Family :
Acanthaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(003), H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) the flower of Brillantaisia eminii is sweet and eaten by children
H(003) swelling of a leg, H(104) abdominal pains, the bark of Dichaetanthera corymbosa is used together with "muhanga" Maesa lanceolata and "nalgundu" Brillantaisia eminii
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
nalgundu (Kinyindu)