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Official name :
Grewia flava DC.
Family :
Tiliaceae
6 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 29 g
Author(s) :
Tanaka, J.
Title :
The Central Kalahari Bushmen (|Gui and ||Gana) in Botswana, collected by J. Tanaka from 1966. in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095), fruit, sweet edible when mature (December-April); fruits also dried, ground and made into beer
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Botswana (Kalahari)
Vernacular name :
kxon (Bushman) (Central Kalahari)
Reference HC 22
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C., M. Hedimbi
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of plants used to manage HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Katima Mulilo, Caprivi region, Namibia
Journal of Ethnobiology ans Ethnomedicine, 6:25 (2010)
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections : ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Namibia (Caprivi region
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(000), H(109), H(113)
Recipes :
H(000) if a woman gets pregnant while nursing a baby, the baby will get sick, a small cup of H2O boiled with fresh roots, VO. 3 X / Day
H(109) backbone, H(113) kidney pains, 1 cup of water boiled with roots, VO. 3 X / Day
H(109) backbone, H(113) kidney pains, 1 cup of water boiled with roots, VO. 3 X / Day
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Botswana
Vernacular name :
moretlwa, moralwa
Reference HM 81
Author(s) :
Mongalo, N. I. and T. J. Makhafola
Title :
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14:46 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
Symptoms :
H(008), H(199)
Recipes :
H(199, 35) roots of Grewia flava are used to cure sexually transmitted infections and excessive H(008) diarrhoea, RNS., VO.
H(095) Fruits are edible and may be collected dried and thenmixed with a little mealiemeal, cooked into porridge,which may be eaten alone during drought years.
H(095) Fruits are edible and may be collected dried and thenmixed with a little mealiemeal, cooked into porridge,which may be eaten alone during drought years.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Limpopo Province)
Vernacular name :
mothetlwa
Reference VS 03
Author(s) :
SEPASAL DATABASE
Title :
Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Symptoms :
V(082), V(095)
Recipes :
V(082), V(095), ONS., RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VV 09
Author(s) :
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
Title :
Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa.
Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001)
Symptoms :
V(033)
Recipes :
Vb(033), roots of Grewia flava, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name :
moretlwa (Setswana)