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Official name :
Leonotis mollissima Guerke
Family :
Lamiaceae
7 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 01
Author(s) :
Baerts, M. & J. Lehmann
Title :
Guérisseurs et plantes médicinales de la région des crêtes Zaïre-Nil au Burundi.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgique.Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 18, 214 p., (1989)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(077)
Recipes :
H(008), H(077), during the milking, leaves of Leonotis mollissima, decoction, VO.
H(077) leaves of Geniosporum rotundifolium of Helichrysum odoratissimum of Leonotis mollissima of Periploca linearifolia, to carbonize, VO.
H(077) leaves of Geniosporum rotundifolium of Helichrysum odoratissimum of Leonotis mollissima of Periploca linearifolia, to carbonize, VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi (Zaïre-Nil ridge region)
Vernacular name :
umununuzwa, umutongotongo (Kirundi)
Reference HC 20
Author(s) :
Chabra, S.C. & R. L. A. Mahunnah
Title :
Plants used in Traditional medicine by Hayas of the Kagera region, Tanzania
Economic Botany, 48 (2), pp. 121-129, (1994)
Symptoms :
H(104), H(157)
Recipes :
H(157) convulsions in children, leaf decoction of Leonotis mollissima is drunk
H(104) stomachaches, leaf decoction of Leonotis mollissima is drunk and also bathed with the decoction
H(104) stomachaches, leaf decoction of Leonotis mollissima is drunk and also bathed with the decoction
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Kagera region)
Vernacular name :
kitalelante (Kiswahili)
Reference HK 36a
Author(s) :
Kareru, P. G., G. M. Kenji, A. N. Gachanja, J. M. Keriko, G. Mungai
Title :
Traditional medicine among the Embu and Mbeere peoples of Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 4 (1): 75 - 86 (2007)
http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/160/172
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
V(039) worms, barks of Leonotis mollissima boiled, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
muvovo (Mbeere)
Reference HK 36a
Author(s) :
Kareru, P. G., G. M. Kenji, A. N. Gachanja, J. M. Keriko, G. Mungai
Title :
Traditional medicine among the Embu and Mbeere peoples of Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 4 (1): 75 - 86 (2007)
http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/160/172
Symptoms :
H(039), H(051)
Recipes :
H(039) worms, barks of Leonotis mollissima boiled, VO.
H(051) paludism, roots, to boil, decoction, VO. 2 X / day during 1 week
H(051) paludism, roots, to boil, decoction, VO. 2 X / day during 1 week
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
muvovo (Mbeere)
Reference HK 36b
Author(s) :
Kareru P. G., A. N. Gachanja , J M. Keriko, G. M. Kenji
Title :
Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants used by herbalists in eastern province, Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 5 (1): 51 - 55 (2007)
Symptoms :
H(104), H(117)
Recipes :
H(104) stomach pain, H(117) gall sickness, stems barks of Leonotis mollissima , RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
muvovo (Mbeere)
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(208)
Recipes :
H(208) nectar of flowers of Leonotis mollissima sucked
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
mununzu (Venda)
Reference HN 25
Author(s) :
Njoroge, G. N., R. W. Bussmann, B. Gemmill, L.E. Newton & V. W. Ngumi
Title :
Utilisation of weed species as sources of traditional medicines in central Kenya.
Lyonia, Volume 7 (2), pp. 71-87, (december 2004)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(038), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, H(038) urinary problems, H(104) stomach pains, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (central province) (Kikuyu people)
Vernacular name :
nyua cui (Kikuyu)