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(092), H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) the leaves of "lusambasa" = Datura sp. are cooked with chicken or some meat and given as an ordeal medicine to a person accused for witchcraft. If he or she is truly a witch, he or she will die
-H(092) The fruit is used to make an arrow-poison (mutali) (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
lusambasa (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)