Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(207)
Recipes :
H(207) The leaf-ash of Dictyandra arborescens is rubbed into incisions made on the back of the right hand around the second finger so that the hunter can throw a spear well, called “a medicine for spear hunting” (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
gbeletu (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)