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Official name :
Ampelocissus obtusata (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
Family :
Vitaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HM 45
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the people in Nhema communal area, Zimbabwe
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 136, 347–354, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111003229
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008, 5) diarrhoea, roots of Ampelocissus obtusata, crushed, mixed with hot water, extract VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (Nhema communal area)
Vernacular name :
muzambiringa (Shona)
Reference HM 61
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9:31 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/31
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, roots of Ampelocissus obtusata extract , VO
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (South-central)
Vernacular name :
muzambiringa
Reference HM 69
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine ,9:31 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/31
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, roots extract of Ampelocissus obtusata, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (centre-sud)
Vernacular name :
muzambiringa
Reference HS 28
Author(s) :
Sewani-Rusike, C. R.
Title :
Plants of Zimbabwe as anti-fertility agents
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 253 - 257, (2010)
Symptoms :
H(033z)
Recipes :
H(033z) anti-fertility agent, leaves of Ampelocissus obtusata, used as "mukutura/nyamukutura" (post-coital contraception), infusion of roots taken orally in the morning after sexual union.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (Harare and surrounding rural areas)
Vernacular name :
mudzambiringa (Shona)