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Official name :
Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.
Family :
Convolvulaceae
11 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 06
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun, E., M.R.A. Ahyi, L. Ake Assi , L. Dan Dicko, H. Daouda, M. Delmas, S. de Souza, M. Garba, S. Guinko, A. Kayonga, D. N'Glo, J.-L. Reynal, M. Saadou
Title :
Contribution aux études ethnobotaniques et floristiques au Niger.
Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), Paris, 250 p., (1980)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006), leaves of Blepharis linarifolia of Evolvulus alsinoides, decoction (H2O), VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Niger
Vernacular name :
kahiboka (Hausa), sudafiti (Zarma), lemlehy (Peuhl), tabarhaut (Tamacheck)
Reference HA 37
Author(s) :
Abbink, J.
Title :
Medicinal and ritual plants of the Ethiopian southwest : an account of recent research.
Article on Internethttp (1995) ://www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ikdm/3-2/articles/abbink.html
Indigenous knowledge and development monitor (http://www.nufficcs.nl/ciran/ikdm/ )
Symptoms :
H(111)
Recipes :
H(111), crushed leaves, local application (Suri receipts)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Dizi, Suri & Me'en tribes)
Vernacular name :
kéya-guy (Suri)
Reference HA 57
Author(s) :
Adomou A.C. , H. Yedomonhan, B. Djossa, S. I. Legba, M. Oumorou, A. Akoegninou
Title :
Etude Ethnobotanique des plantes médicinales vendues dans le marché d’Abomey-Calavi au Bénin
Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 6(2): 745-772, April 2012
http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbcs
Symptoms :
H(098), H(157)
Recipes :
H(098) nightmares, H(157) convulsions (children), decoction stems with leaves of Evolvulus alsinioides, VO
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Benin (Abomey-Calavi market)
Vernacular name :
droman (Fon)
Reference HB 35
Author(s) :
Bussmann R. W., G. G. Gilbreath, J. Solio, M. Lutura, R. Lutuluo, K. Kunguru, N. Wood and S. Mathenge
Title :
Plant use of the Masasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya.
Additional file
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:22 (2006)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) boil and wash yourself when spirit feels bad
H(201), add to fire for sacrifice
H(201), add to fire for sacrifice
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Sekenani Valley)
Vernacular name :
leleswa ekopo (Maa)
Reference HB 43
Author(s) :
Blench, R.
Title :
Dagomba plant names (Preliminary circulation draft) Published on WWW. (2006)
http://www.rogerblench.info/Ethnoscience%20data/Dagbani%20plant%20names.pdf
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
Vb(095) eaten by cows
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ghana (Northern region)
Vernacular name :
lòòzúlí (Dagomba)
Reference HG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
H(068), H(095)
Recipes :
H(068), H(095) the whole plont of Evolvulus alsinoides is used as a bitter tonic and as a vermifuge.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
eriraio (Tiigrinya)
Reference HG 17
Author(s) :
Geissler, W., S. A. Harris, R. J. Prince, A. Olsen, R. A. Odhiambo, H. Oketch-Rabah, P. A. Madiega, A. Andersen, P. Molgaard
Title :
Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874102001915
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 83, pp. 39 - 54 (2002)
Symptoms :
H(004), H(008)
Recipes :
H(004) bleeding wound, roots and leaves of Evolvulus alsinoides, pounded, local application
H(008), roots and leaves, decoction, VO.
H(008), roots and leaves, decoction, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya Bondo district)
Vernacular name :
orianyacha (Luo)
Reference HH 2k
Author(s) :
Hedberg, I. & F. Staugärd
Title :
Traditional medicine in Botswana.
Traditional medicinal plants.The Nordic school of public health, 324 p., (1989) Ipelegeng Publischers.
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091) fontanelle stops fiuttering, dried leves of Evolvulus alsinoides are mixed with vaseline, rubbed onto the head
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Botswana
Vernacular name :
molemowanonyane
Reference HK 31
Author(s) :
Koné, W. M., K. Kamanzi Atindehou, C. Terreaux, K. Hostettmann, D. Traoré & M. Dosso
Title :
Traditional medicine in North Côte-d’Ivoire: screening of 50 medicinal plants for antibacterial activity.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 43-49 ( 2004)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874104001084
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) boils, whole plant, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast (Ferkessedougou region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108) cold, H(108) flu, leaves and stems of Evolvulus alsinoides, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference VD 06
Author(s) :
Dupiré, M.
Title :
Pharmacopée Peule du Niger et du Cameroun.
Bull. IFAN, XIX, sér. B, 3-4, 382 - 417, (1957)
Symptoms :
H(201), H(202)
Recipes :
H(201) perfume before going to woo a woman, leaves powder of Evolvulus alsinoides in the fat of lamb, fumigation, (Wodabe receipt of Niger)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Niger
Vernacular name :
kafimala (Hausa & Peul of Niger)