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Official name :
Acanthus sp.
Family :
Acanthaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 07
Author(s) :
Durand, J.M.
Title :
Les plantes bienfaisantes du Ruanda et de l'Urundi.
Astrida, Groupe scolaire, 89 p., (1960)
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) eczema (lukerere), ash in butter, application in a bandage. Renew every day
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
bitovu (Kinyarwanda)
Reference HD 07
Author(s) :
Durand, J.M.
Title :
Les plantes bienfaisantes du Ruanda et de l'Urundi.
Astrida, Groupe scolaire, 89 p., (1960)
Symptoms :
H(173)
Recipes :
H(173) leprosy (ibibembe) leaf powder blend umukarankuba with rancid butter and 3 or 4 plants that treat leprosy (chosen among:umudwedwe, umuzaganura, umugombe, isagara, umwanzuranya, nyakatsi, bugangabukali, ikizimya-muliro, umukuzanyana, akanyamapfundo, umukarankuba, umunkamba, kamaramahano). local application, renew daily on wounds + VO. the juice of these plants diluted in H2O, 2 sips
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umukarankuba (Kinyarwanda)
Reference HT 53
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(178)
Recipes :
H(178) The leaves of "bangobango" = Acanthus sp. are cooked with ground nuts and taken for a heart disease called (ondebulukeki)
H(091) The soles of a newborn baby are prickled with the spiny leaf expecting that it will start to walk soon (Efe Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
H(091) The soles of a newborn baby are prickled with the spiny leaf expecting that it will start to walk soon (Efe Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
bangobango (Efe Pygmies , Ituri forest)
Reference HT 53
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(091)
Recipes :
H(091) When the Efe infants reach to the age of walking, they are put on the spiny leaves of "sheshei" = Acanthus sp, so that they may start bipedalism quickly ( Efe Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
sheshei (Efe Pygmies , Ituri forest)