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(092), H(201)
Recipes :
H(202x) The powdered bark of Canthium zanzibaricum is wrapped with a Marantaceae leaf, a little water added, and heated. The resulting red water is used for coloring barkcloth
H(092) The bark is also used for arrow poison.(Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
biko (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)
