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Official name : Diospyros villosa (L.) De Winter

Family : Ebenaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HC 25

Author(s) : Corrigan, B.M. , B.-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.M. Jardine

Title : Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa South African Journal of Botany 77, 346–359 (2011)

Symptoms : H(103x)

Recipes : H(103x) leaves of Diospyros villosa are chewed to clean and whiten teeth.

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa

Vernacular name : iPoypoyi

Reference HC 53

Author(s) : Conde, P., R. Figueira, S.. Saraiva, L. Catarino, M. Romeiras, M. C. Duarte

Title : The Botanic Mission to Mozambique (1942-1948): contributions to knowledge of the medicinal flora of Mozambique História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.21, n.2, abr.-jun. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702014000200007

Symptoms : H(103x)

Recipes : H(103x) tooth care, (Os indígenas utilizam as raízes para branquear os dente, The natives use the roots of Diospyros villosa var. villosa to whiten their teeth (Recipes collected from the Botanic Mission to Mozambique collectors’ field books (1942-1948))

Region : East Africa

Country : Mozambique

Vernacular name : chibabane

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