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Official name :
Diospyros villosa (L.) De Winter var. villosa
Family :
Ebenaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 40
Author(s) :
de Wet, H.,S.C.Ngubane
Title :
Traditional herbal remedies used by women in a rural community in northern Maputaland (South Africa) for the treatment of gynaecology and obstetric complaints
South African Journal of Botany 94, 129–139 (2014)
Symptoms :
H(026)
Recipes :
H(026) dysmenorrhoea. Half a handful of chopped roots of Diospyros villosa are boiled in 1 L of water until water changes to a brown colour, cool before straining. VO. half a cup of the decoction, two to three times a day
Region :
South Africa
Country :
northern Maputaland (South Africa)
Vernacular name :
ubhoyibhoyi (Zulu)