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Official name : Brachyachne obtusiflora (Benth.) C.E.Hubb.

Family : Poaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HA 40

Author(s) : Agyare, C. , A. Asase, M. Lechtenberg, M. Niehues, A. Deters, A. Hensl

Title : An Ethnopharmacological survey and in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use of medicinal plants used for wound healing in Gosomtwi-Atwima-Kwanwoma area, Ghana Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 125, pp. 393- 403, (2009)

Symptoms : H(013)

Recipes : H(013) boils, roots, leaves of Brachyachne obtusiflora, poultice

Region : West Africa

Country : Ghana (district of Gosomtwi-Atwima-Kwanwoma)

Vernacular name : aberekyere abodwes (Asante-Twi)

Reference HA 66

Author(s) : Appiah, K.S.,, C. P. Oppong, H. K. Mardani, R. A. Omari, S. Kpabitey, C. A. Amoatey, S.Onwona-Agyeman, Y. Oikawa, K. Katsura & Y. Fujii

Title : Medicinal plants used in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality, Southern Ghana: An ethnobotanical study Medicines 2019, 6, 1; doi:10.3390/medicines6010001

Symptoms : H(012), H(091)

Recipes : H(012) fracture, leaves of Brachyachne obtusiflora, paste, local application
H(091) delayed child walking, paste, enema

Region : West Africa

Country : Ghana (municipality of Ejisu-Juaben)

Vernacular name : abirekyire abodwese (Twi dialect)

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