Prelude Medicinal Plants Database

Author(s) : Burchell, W.J.,

Title : Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, 2 vols. Longman, London. (1822–1824) From reference HV 51

Reference HB 39 has information about 1 plants :

Official name : Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herbert

Family : Amaryllidaceae

Symptoms : H(014)

Recipes : H(014) skin diseases, bulb scales of Boophone disticha; RNS.

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Cape region )

Vernacular name : gifbol (Cape Dutch language)