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Official name :
Megaphrynium trichogynum Koechlin
Family :
Marantaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HH 19
Author(s) :
Hattori, S.
Title :
Utilization of marantaceae plants by the Baka hunter- gatherers in South Eastern Cameroon
African Study Monographs, Suppl. 33: 29-48, (May 2006)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
H(095) starving food, suck on a piece of red fleshy fruits such as Megaphrynium macrostachyum "ngongo", Megaphrynium trichogynium "kasa", Sarcophrynium prionogonium "ngwasa" et Sarcophrynium schweinfurthianum "mokondi" when they are starving in the forest.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon
Vernacular name :
kasa (Baka pygmy dialect)
