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Author(s) :
Bally, P.R.O.
Title :
Native medicinal and poisonous plants of East Africa.
Kew Bull., 1, 10 - 25, (1937)
Reference HB 08 has information about 60 plants :
Abrus precatorius L.
Official name :
Abrus precatorius L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(020), H(100)
Recipes :
H(020) snake, ONS.of Abrus precatorius, RNS.
H(100) syph., ONS., RNS.
H(100) syph., ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Acacia seyal Del.
Official name :
Acacia seyal Del.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091), bark., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Achyranthes aspera L.
Official name :
Achyranthes aspera L.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Achyranthes annua Dinter
,
Achyranthes indica (L.) Mill.
,
Achyranthes aspera L. var. sicula
,
Achyranthes obovata Peter.
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) abscess, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Agauria salicifolia (Comm. ex Lam.) Hook.f. ex Oliv.
Official name :
Agauria salicifolia (Comm. ex Lam.) Hook.f. ex Oliv.
Family :
Ericaceae
Synonyms :
Agauria polyphylla Baker
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020) snake, leaves of Agauria salicifolia , ointment
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Official name :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006) purg., ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.
Official name :
Alysicarpus glumaceus (Vahl) DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014), leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Official name :
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108), ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Asparagus africanus Lam.
Official name :
Asparagus africanus Lam.
Family :
Asparagaceae
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013), roots, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.
Official name :
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.
Family :
Acanthaceae
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020) snake, leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baillon
Official name :
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baillon
Family :
Phyllanthaceae
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018), roots, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
Official name :
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Cajanus indicus Spreng.
Symptoms :
H(008), H(103)
Recipes :
H(008), leaves, RNS.
H(103), roots, RNS.
H(103), roots, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
Official name :
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Carissa xylopicron Thouars
,
Carissa pubescens A. DC.
,
Carissa spinarum L.
Symptoms :
H(104)
Recipes :
H(104) belly, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Official name :
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby
Symptoms :
H(006)
Recipes :
H(006) purg., ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cassia singueana Delile
Official name :
Cassia singueana Delile
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna singueana (Delile) Lock
,
Cassia goratensis Fresen.
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) syph., leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cassytha filiformis L.
Official name :
Cassytha filiformis L.
Family :
Lauraceae
Synonyms :
Cassytha guineensis Schum. & Thonn.
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020) snake, whole plant, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Celosia trigyna L.
Official name :
Celosia trigyna L.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Official name :
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001), leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich.
Official name :
Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich.
Family :
Menispermaceae
Symptoms :
H(018), H(104), H(113), H(139)
Recipes :
H(018), ONS., RNS.
H(104) belly, ONS., RNS.
H(113), ONS., RNS.
H(139), ONS., RNS.
H(104) belly, ONS., RNS.
H(113), ONS., RNS.
H(139), ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cissus adenocaulis Steud. ex A. Rich.
Official name :
Cissus adenocaulis Steud. ex A. Rich.
Family :
Vitaceae
Symptoms :
H(013), H(027)
Recipes :
H(013) abscess, roots, RNS.
H(027), roots, RNS.
H(027), roots, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Symptoms :
H(045), H(053)
Recipes :
H(045), leaves, RNS.
H(053), leaves, RNS.
H(053), leaves, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered