Author(s) :
Van Wyk, B.-E.
Title :
A review of Khoi-San and Cape Dutch medical ethnobotany.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology , Volume 119, pp.331–341 (2008)
Symptoms :
H(005), H(006), H(007), H(055), H(100)
Recipes :
Tuber of Kedrostis nana; H(055) emetic, H(006) purgative, H(007) diuretic; H(005) dropsy, H(100) syphilis ; from Thunberg (1785); from Pappe (1847); (1850); (1857); from MacOwan (1897); from Kling (1923) from Laidler (1928) reference to be found in HV 51_van Wyk
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa ((from Namaqualand
to the Eastern Cape)
Vernacular name :
dawidjiewortel, Dawid’s wortel,rabuiswortel (Africaans), gameroo (Khoi/Nama) (?)