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Official name : Becium obovatum (E. Mey. Ex Benth.) N.E. Br.

Family : Lamiaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HB 48

Author(s) : Bussmann Rainer, W., P.Swartzinsky, W. Aserat & P.Evangelista

Title : Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Region, Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 7:28 (2011)

Symptoms : H(095)

Recipes : H(095) used to make tea, as spice for butter, and as spice for baso (roasted and ground barley).

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia (Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Mountains Region)

Vernacular name : tosin

Reference HK 78

Author(s) : Kidane, L. , G, Gebremedhin & T, Beyene

Title : Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Ganta Afeshum District, Eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,14:64 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0266-z

Symptoms : V(008)

Recipes : Vb(008) diarrhea, fresh grass of Becium obovatum is crushed, mixed with malt and allow swallowing.

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia, Eastern Zone of Tigray

Vernacular name : tehag (Tigrigna)

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