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Official name :
Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Family :
Convolvulaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HK 51
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Les plantes médicinales, toxiques et magiques des Niominka et des Socé des Iles du Saloum (Sénégal)
Acta tropica, Suppl. 8, 279 - 334 (1964)
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001) various eye diseases The whole plant of Ipomoea palmata well connected in one package, is first boiled in water; and then withdraws, and still hot, it is used as a sponge to wash the eyes
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal (Saloun island)
Vernacular name :
n'bcurbope (Niominka)