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Official name :
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens
Family :
Fabaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HF 1k
Author(s) :
Ferry, M.P. , M. Gessain & R. Gessain
Title :
Ethnobotanique Tenda. Documents du Centre de recherches anthropologiques du Musée de l'Homme.Laboratoire associé au Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 180 p., (1 mai 1974)
Symptoms :
H(036)
Recipes :
H(036), ONS., barks Mucuna pruriens + roots Sterculia sestemra, boilled in H20, VO. in food
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal (region between the towns of Kedougou et Yukunkun)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 13
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J.O.
Title :
Medicinal plants of East Africa.
East african literature bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, 368 p., (1976)
Symptoms :
H(088), H(124)
Recipes :
H(088) + H(124)epistaxys, leaves, decoction (H2O), VO., 2 x / Day
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
mgihe (Shambaa, Tanzania)
Reference HK 25
Author(s) :
Keita, S. M. & al.
Title :
Etude ethnopharmacologique traditionnelle de quelques plantes médicinales anthelminthiques de la Haute-Guinée (République de Guinée)
Rev. Méd. Pharm. Afr., Vol. 13, 49 - 65, (1999)
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), bristle of fruits + banana, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea (Republic of)
Vernacular name :
korowanya (Manika), nyadhè baagi (Pular), maamè (Soso)
Reference VD 02
Author(s) :
Dalziel, J.M.
Title :
The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
The Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4, Millbank, Westminster, London, S.W.1, 612 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
V(093), V(123)
Recipes :
Vb(093), Vb(123), VO., Mucuna pruriens , infusion stems, roots+ massage joints with ashes + butter of karit‚ (Butyrospermum parkii) (disease = garli)
Vb(093), Vb(123), VO., Ipomoea repens, infusion stems, roots+ massage joints with ashes + butter of karit‚ (Butyrospermum parkii) (disease = garli) + sometimes associated with Combretum dolichopetalum, Cyperus rotundus, Mitragyna stipulosa, Mucuna pruriens var. Pruriens, Striga senegalensis, Vernonia guineensis, Vetiveria nigritana+ sometimes associated with Combretum dolichopetalum, Cyperus rotundus, Mitragyna stipulosa, Mucuna pruriens var. Pruriens, Striga senegalensis, Vernonia guineensis, Vetiveria nigritana
Vb(093), Vb(123), VO., Ipomoea repens, infusion stems, roots+ massage joints with ashes + butter of karit‚ (Butyrospermum parkii) (disease = garli) + sometimes associated with Combretum dolichopetalum, Cyperus rotundus, Mitragyna stipulosa, Mucuna pruriens var. Pruriens, Striga senegalensis, Vernonia guineensis, Vetiveria nigritana+ sometimes associated with Combretum dolichopetalum, Cyperus rotundus, Mitragyna stipulosa, Mucuna pruriens var. Pruriens, Striga senegalensis, Vernonia guineensis, Vetiveria nigritana
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ghana
Vernacular name :
not registered