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Official name :
Capparis cartilaginea Decne.
Family :
Capparaceae
8 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HH 18
Author(s) :
Hassan-Abdallah, A., A. Merito, S. Hassan, D. Aboubaker, M. Djama, Z. Asfaw, E. Kelbessa
Title :
Medicinal plants andt heir uses by the people in the Region of Randa, Djibouti
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 148 701–713, (2013)
Symptoms :
H(037), H(085)
Recipes :
H(037) coughs, soaking crushed fresh leaves of Capparis cartilaginea and bark in H2O and VO.
H(085) diphtheria, soaking crushed fresh leaves in H2O and VO.
H(085) diphtheria, soaking crushed fresh leaves in H2O and VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Djibouti (Region of Randa)
Vernacular name :
xaxaq-laynota (Geez ?)
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(001), H(135)
Recipes :
H(001), leaf, decoction (H2O), bath occular
H(135)indigestion, leaf, decoction (H2O), VO. warm
H(135)indigestion, leaf, decoction (H2O), VO. warm
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HK 52
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J. O.
Title :
Some common african herbal remedies for skin diseases: with special reference to Kenya
Medicinal and poisonous plants of the tropics.
Proceedings of symposium of the 14th International botanical congress, Berlin, 24 july - 1 august 1987, 44-69, (1987)
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) wound, juice from crushed roots of Capparis cartilaginea , local application . Contain sulphur oil.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
chepteretwa (Marakwet)
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(095), H(178)
Recipes :
H(095) food flavour, flowers dried, crushed and added to meal
H(104) heartburn, peptic ulcers, leaves of Capparis cartilaginea, chewed/ burnt and ash licked
H(104) heartburn, peptic ulcers, leaves of Capparis cartilaginea, chewed/ burnt and ash licked
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Marakwet Community)
Vernacular name :
chepteretwo (local dialect), caper shrub (Englisch)
Reference HL 01
Author(s) :
Lindsay, R.S. & F.N. Hepper
Title :
Medicinal plants of Marakwet
Kenya.Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, United Kingdom, 49 p., (1978)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(104)
Recipes :
H(013), skin ulcer, dermatosis, roots, juice, RNS.
H(104), colic, stems barks, trunc, twigs, leaves, chewed
H(104), colic, stems barks, trunc, twigs, leaves, chewed
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Marakwet)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HT 2k
Author(s) :
Timberlake, J. R.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Pokot of Nothern Kenya, 106 p., (1987)Unpublished report. East African Herbarium
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001), boiled infusion of leaves used as eye lotion for humans and cattle.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
chepkogh
Reference O1 Nord
Author(s) :
Osborn, D.J.
Title :
Notes on medicinal and other uses of plants in Egypt.
Economic Botany, 22, 2, 165 - 177, (1968)
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051, ), fruits, RNS..
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Egypt
Vernacular name :
lassaf, kabar
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(001)
Recipes :
V(001), boiled infusion of leaves used as eye lotion for humans and cattle.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (North region)
Vernacular name :
chepkogh