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Official name :
Gnidia capitata L.f.
Family :
Thymelaeaceae
6 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HH 14
Author(s) :
Hutchings, A., J. van Staden
Title :
Plant used for stress-related ailments in traditional Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho medicine. Par 1: Plants used for headaches.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 43, pp. 89 - 124 (1994)
Symptoms :
H(018), H(103)
Recipes :
H(018) headache, leaves of Gnidia capitata, snuffed
H(103) toothache, leaves of Gnidia capitata, poultice (Shoto)
H(103) toothache, leaves of Gnidia capitata, poultice (Shoto)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho zone)
Vernacular name :
setele, thopa, thopana (Shoto)
Reference HM 76
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,13:43 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8
Symptoms :
H(004), H(014)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(014) ringworm, roots of Gnidia capitata, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Vernacular name :
isidikili (isi Xhosa)
Reference HP 54
Author(s) :
Phillips, E.P.
Title :
A contribution to the flora of the Leribe Plateau and environs . Annals of the South African Museum16: 1–379 . (1917)
From:
The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: a review. Bothalia 41,1: 209–228 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018) nuff from leaves of Gnidia capitata smoked to relieve headaches
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Lesotho)
Vernacular name :
thōpananyana
Reference HS 51
Author(s) :
Sobiecki, J.F.
Title :
A review of plants used in divination in southern Africa and their psychoactive effects
Southern African Humanities, Vol. 20 , Pages 333–351, December, 2008 Pietermaritzburg
Symptoms :
H(167z)
Recipes :
H(167z) psychoactive effects Gnidia capitata provides a divinatory torch to discover thieves or other ‘malefactors’ Sotho : This language group includes Northern Sotho, South Sotho and Tswana
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
setele/thopa (Sotho)
Reference VD 17
Author(s) :
Dold, A.P. & M.L. Cocks
Title :
Traditional veterinary medicine in the Alice district of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
South African Journal of Science 97 , 375–379. (2001)
Symptoms :
V(041), V(047)
Recipes :
Vb(047) heartwater, Vb(041) anthrax in cows, roots of Gnidia capitata decoction
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Alice district)
Vernacular name :
isidikili
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) a root decoction used to treat anthrax has been recorded in South Africa.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape.)
Vernacular name :
not registered