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Official name :
Ledebouria revoluta (L.f.) Jessop
Family :
Hyacinthaceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 52
Author(s) :
Appidi, J. R., D.S. Grierson & A. J. Afolayan
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of diarrhoea in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 11(15): 1961 - 1963, (2008)
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, infusion of bulb of Ledebouria revoluta, VO.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa.(Eastern Cape Province)
Vernacular name :
ikreketsana
Reference HD 29
Author(s) :
de Wet, H. , S.Nciki, S.F. van Vuuren
Title :
Medicinal plants used for the treatment of various skin disorders by a rural community in northern Maputaland, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 9:51, (2013) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-51
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/51 + Additional file 1
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) ringworm, two corms of Hypoxis hemerocallidea are chopped together with two corms of Ledebouria obovata and boiled in 2 L of water for 30 min. Two table spoon of the decoction is taken by children three times a day for the treatment of ringworm.
(registered from references HD 29 and HD 29_supl )
(registered from references HD 29 and HD 29_supl )
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (northern Maputaland)
Vernacular name :
umhlahlane, inhlwathiyesikhotha
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(008), V(117)
Recipes :
Vc(008) bulb of Ledebouria revoluta in infusion for diarrhoea in goats
Vc(117) gallsickness, bulbs, leaves, decoction
Vc(117) gallsickness, bulbs, leaves, decoction
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Alice district)
Vernacular name :
ikreketsana
Reference VS 19
Author(s) :
Smith, A
Title :
A Contribution to South African Materia Medica. 2nd.
Lovedale Press Alice From reference VD 17
Symptoms :
V(117)
Recipes :
Vb(117) a leaf decoction used to treat gallsickness has been recorded in South Africa
(registered from reference VD 17). (From : Smith A. (1888). A Contribution to South African Materia Medica, 2nd edn. Lovedale Press, Alice)
(registered from reference VD 17). (From : Smith A. (1888). A Contribution to South African Materia Medica, 2nd edn. Lovedale Press, Alice)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(117)
Recipes :
V(117) gallsickness in animals by the Xhosa, bulbs, leaves of Ledebouria revoluta, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered