Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(094)
Recipes :
H(037) The red-colored resin of Heisteria parvifolia is licked as medicine for coughing (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest).
H(094) the bark is ground and applied to the anus for a disease called "amakombuin"
H(092) The powdered bark is used as an ingrediend of arrow-poison (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
amelili (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest), manbi (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)
