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Official name :
Commelina zambesica C.B. Clarke
Family :
Commelinaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HH 06a
Author(s) :
Hedberg I., O. Hedberg, P.J. Madati, K.E. Mshigeni, E.N. Mshiu & G. Samuelsson
Title :
Inventory of plants used in traditional medicine in Tanzania. I. Plants of the families Acanthaceae - Cucurbitaceae.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 6, pp. 29 - 60 (1982)
Symptoms :
H(003)
Recipes :
H(003) swelling of the body “Mchango” the patient is covered with a blanket and subjected to the vapours of boiling stems and leaves of Commefina zambesiaca
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
kong’ho, ikongwe (Pam) (Korogwe district)
