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Official name :
Lecaniodiscus cupanioides Planch.
Family :
Sapindaceae
6 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 56
Author(s) :
Ambé, G.A
Title :
Les fruits sauvages comestibles des savanes guinéennes de Côte-d’Ivoire : état de la connaissance par une population locale, les Malinké.
Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 2001 5 (1), 43–58
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) fleshy fruits of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides eaten raw
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast
Vernacular name :
kôm-gbô (Dioula)
Reference HA 57
Author(s) :
Adomou A.C. , H. Yedomonhan, B. Djossa, S. I. Legba, M. Oumorou, A. Akoegninou
Title :
Etude Ethnobotanique des plantes médicinales vendues dans le marché d’Abomey-Calavi au Bénin
Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 6(2): 745-772, April 2012
http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbcs
Symptoms :
H(013), H(078)
Recipes :
H(013) cyst, H(078) fibroma,H(078) myoma, root decoction of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Benin (Abomey-Calavi market)
Vernacular name :
ganhotido (Fon)
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(037), H(100)
Recipes :
H(037) cough; and respiratory diseses, H(100) sexualy transmitted diseases, roots of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, RNS.
H(095) food, ONS.,RNS
H(095) food, ONS.,RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
sátaga (Fula)
Reference HF 08
Author(s) :
Frazão-Moreira, A
Title :
The symbolic efficacy of medicinal plants:practices, knowledge, and religious beliefs amongst the Nalu healers of Guinea-Bissau
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:24 (2016)
Symptoms :
H(037)
Recipes :
H(037) cough, hoarseness, triturated and macerated peel's root of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
n’sonran (Nalu)
Reference HI 12
Author(s) :
Iyamah P.C., M. Idu
Title :
Ethnomedicinal survey of plantsused in the treatment of malaria in Southern Nigeria
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 173, 287–302, (2015)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2015.07.008
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051, 11) paludism, leaves of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, Decoction
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Southern Nigeria
Vernacular name :
akika (Yoruba), lecaniodiscus (English)
Reference HO 20
Author(s) :
Olowokudejo J. D., A. B. Kadiri, V.A. Travih
Title :
An Ethnobotanical Survey of Herbal Markets and Medicinal Plants in Lagos State of Nigeria
Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 851-65. 2008.
http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/lagos.htm
Symptoms :
H(006), H(013), H(037), H(051), H(111), H(126), H(139)
Recipes :
H(006) purgative,H(013) abscesses,H(037) cough, H(051) paludism, H(051) fever, H(111) burns, H(126) liver, H(126) jaundice, H(139) aphrodidiac, leaves, roots, young shoots, seeds, stem-bark of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides, RNS. (Information obtained from herb sellers and traditional medicine practitioners from three popular and largest markets in Lagos)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria (Local markets in Lagos state)
Vernacular name :
akika