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Official name :
Cycnium adonense E. Meyer ex Benth.
Family :
Scrophulariaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference VC 20
Author(s) :
Chavunduka D.M.
Title :
Plants regarded by Africans as being of medicinal value to animals. Rhodesian Veterinaty journal 7: 6-12 (1976).
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
Vv(001) eye trouble, leaves of Cycnium adoense, decoction given to newly-hatched birds to open gummed-up eyes
(From reference VG 56).
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VK 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 :
V(001)
Recipes :
Vv(001), a decoction made from the leaves is given to newly-hatched chicks to open their eyes when they are gummed up
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
mashilitsa (Kakamega)
