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Official name :
Aneilema spekei C.B. Clarke
Family :
Commelinaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HK 93
Author(s) :
Kiringe, J. W.
Title :
A Survey of Traditional Health Remedies Used by the Maasai of Southern Kaijiado District, Kenya
Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:061-073 (2006)
Symptoms :
H(051), H(201)
Recipes :
H(051) prevention of fever, Whole plant of Aneilema spekei, mix with other herbs in milk. Sprinkle the mixture onto a person/patient. Mostly administered by a an oloibon (traditional haeler) when there is an outbreak of fever.
H(201) for blessings, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Southern Kaijiado District)
Vernacular name :
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001) spot in the eyes, crumple the flower of Aneilema spekei and drop it in the spot, reciting a spell to make the spot take away
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
miteeja (Kinyindu)