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Official name :
Strychnos potatorum L. f.
Family :
Strychnaceae
8 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medicinal practitioner in Zimbabwe.
Mambo Press, Gweru (Zimbabwe), 411 p., (1985)
(From reference HC 26, HL 22)
Symptoms :
H(037)
Recipes :
H(037), leaves, roots decoction, VO
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HM 47
Author(s) :
Mainen J. Moshi, van den Beukel, C. J.P. , Hamza, O. J.M. , Mbwambo, Z, H. , Nondoa, R. O.S. , Masimba, P. J., Matee, M. I.N. , Kapingu, M. C., Mikxf, F. , Verweij, P. E. , van der Ven, A. J.A.M.
Title :
Brine shrimp toxicity evaluation of some Tanzanian plants used traditionally for the treatment of fungal infections.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, 4 (2), pp 219 - 225, (2007)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc07022
Symptoms :
H(014), H(199)
Recipes :
H(014) oral candidiasis and skin fungal opportunistic infections of H(199) HIV / AID, leaves of Strychnos potatorum, RNS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
mumpande
Reference HM 66
Author(s) :
Masevhe, N. A. , L. J. McGaw, J. N. Eloff
Title :
The traditional use of plants to manage candidiasis and related infections in Venda, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 168, 364–372 (2015)
Symptoms :
H(038)
Recipes :
H(038) candidiasis and related infections (makuma); bark of Strychnos potatorum used together with the roots of Annona senegalensis and then soaked in cold water for 2 days. Maceration is used as mouth wash or douche 2x per day
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
mukongovhoti (Tshivenda)
Reference HN 43
Author(s) :
Ngarivhume, T. , C. van’t Klooster, J. T.V.M. de Jong, J. H. Van der Westhuizen
Title :
Medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of malaria in the Chipinge district in Zimbabwe
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 159, 224–237, (2015)
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051, 2) paludism, decoction of roots of Strychnos potatorum, VO. (Mazundu, Chiriga villages)
H(051, 2) paludism, decoction of roots and stems of Strychnos potatorum, VO. (Zuzunye ,Mahlope villages)
H(051, 2) paludism, decoction of roots and stems of Strychnos potatorum, VO. (Zuzunye ,Mahlope villages)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe ( Chipinge district)
Vernacular name :
mudyambira (Shona)
Reference HR 17
Author(s) :
Ruffo, C. K.
Title :
A Survey of medicinal plants in Tabora region, Tanzania
in :Traditional Medicinal Plants. Dar Es Salaam University Press - Ministry of Health - Tanzania, 391 p. (1991)
Symptoms :
H(037), H(051), H(100)
Recipes :
H(037) coughs, H(051) paludism, H(100) gonorrhoea, roots, leaves of Strychnos potatorum, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Tabora region)
Vernacular name :
mugwegwe, Mupandepande (Nyamwezi)
Reference VA 06
Author(s) :
Alders, R.G.
Title :
The diagnosis and control of Newcastle disease in Zambia.
Final project report to the Australian center for international agricultural research, Canberra, (1992)
Symptoms :
V(105)
Recipes :
Vv(105), leaves and stalks are pounded and added to drinking water
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mubanga chulu (Bemba)
Reference VL 14
Author(s) :
Lans Cheryl , Tonya Khan
Title :
Family poultry and Newcastle disease in Africa: the role of ethnoveterinary medicine. (1999)
University of Victoria, Vancouver. Article on http://www.ethnovet.com/files/poster_avian_flu_ethnovet2.htm
Symptoms :
V(105)
Recipes :
Vv(105), leaves and stalks, crushed and mixed with drinking water.
Region :
not communicated
Country :
not communicated
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference VS 24
Author(s) :
Syakalima M., M. Simuunza and V. C. Zulu
Title :
Ethnoveterinary treatments for common cattle diseases in four districts of the Southern Province, Zambia
Veterinary World, 11(2): 141-145. (2018)
www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/February-2018/8.pdf
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
Vb(001) blindness: leaves of Strychnos potatorum, juice given as eye drops
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia (Southern Province)
Vernacular name :
musisi/musisi