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Author(s) :
Dieteren, G.
Title :
Classification des végétaux chez les Dogon
Journal des Africanistes, 22 pp. 115-158 (1952)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jafr_0037-9166_1952_num_22_1_1845
Reference HD 58 has information about 65 plants :
Abutilon ambulatum ?
Official name :
Abutilon ambulatum ?
Family :
Malvaceae
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) Abutilon ambulatum used to treat lupus of the nose.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
gyim nono «maladie adhérente»
Acacia albida Del.
Official name :
Acacia albida Del.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev.
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) Old people of both sexes sleep on a plank of Acacia albida to prolong their life ; a corpse is carried on a stretcher made of its branches ; the wooden dish used during the funeral, "gyèdya", is carved from Acacia albida.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
sene togu, sene
Acacia pennata Willd.
Official name :
Acacia pennata Willd.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) the Acacia pennata plant is used in rites of rain and in certain rites of purification
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
wolo gyem « épineux noir »
Adansonia digitata L.
Official name :
Adansonia digitata L.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Synonyms :
Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev.
Symptoms :
H(037), H(104)
Recipes :
H(037) , H(104), Adansonia digatata used for diseases of the lungs or the stomach ONS., RNS;
H(095) fruits, leaves and seeds of baobab (Adansonia digatata) are used as food
H(095) fruits, leaves and seeds of baobab (Adansonia digatata) are used as food
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
ого « glissant» (baobab)
Aeschynomene indica L.
Official name :
Aeschynomene indica L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(201), H(203)
Recipes :
H(203)t he stem of Aeschynomene indica is used for the wood of the arrows "stem of the arrow of Nommo"
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
nommo kyëkuzu «tige de la flèche de Nommo »
Aloe barteri Bak.
Official name :
Aloe barteri Bak.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Synonyms :
Aloe buettneri A. Berger
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Aloe barteri, ichthyotoxic plant: The leaves are crushed on a rock near the water and thrown into the water with the juice which has been expressed; she stays there until rotting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
na nine « langue de la mère»
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
Official name :
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
Family :
Zygophyllaceae
Synonyms :
Balanites gillettii Cufod.
Symptoms :
H(000), H(095), H(203)
Recipes :
H(000) seeds of Balanites aegyptiaca are used medicinally
H(095) the fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca are edible
H(203) wood is used for making pestles and mortars because of its resistance
H(095) the fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca are edible
H(203) wood is used for making pestles and mortars because of its resistance
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
mono « réunir »
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
Official name :
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
Family :
Zygophyllaceae
Synonyms :
Balanites gillettii Cufod.
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095) Balanites aegyptiaca leaves are used as fodder
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
mono « réunir »
Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
Official name :
Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
Family :
Acanthaceae
Synonyms :
Blepharis hirta Hochst. ex Nees
Symptoms :
H(203)
Recipes :
H(203) The stem of Sesbania aegyptiaca is used for the wood of the arrows "ňanam doňolo ya" which injures the "guinea fowl, female"
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
ňanam doňolo ya «qui blesse les" pintades, femelle »
Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv.
Official name :
Bombax buonopozense P. Beauv.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) Bombax buonopozense (kapokier) wood is only used for the size of most wood masks considered unclean (puru)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
togozo
Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy
Official name :
Butyrospermum parkii (G. Don) Kotschy
Family :
Sapotaceae
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) fresh wound, cleaned with the juice of Cissus quadrangularis. If the wound does not heal, wash with H2O in which the bark of Parkia biglobosa (yullo) has boiled +smear kaerite wood (Butyrospermum parkii) ash and make a plaster with a leaf of Ipomoea repens
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
kaerité
Caralluma decaisneana (Lem.) N.E. Br.
Official name :
Caralluma decaisneana (Lem.) N.E. Br.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Symptoms :
H(207)
Recipes :
H(207) Caralluma decaisneana ichthyotoxic plant. With the exception of the root, it is crushed, reduced to a powder which is thrown into the water.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
issu ba dullo « queue du père du chien »
Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Official name :
Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092) The sap of Cardiospermum halicacabum is used in the manufacture of poisons for arrows, ONS, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
dyuga0
Cassia absus L.
Official name :
Cassia absus L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Chamaecrista absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001) eye care, ONS of Cassia absus, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
giru pelu « caïlcédrat de l'œil»
Chloris pilosa Schumach.
Official name :
Chloris pilosa Schumach.
Family :
Poaceae
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) The seeds of Chloris pilosa were once eaten in times of famine
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
kyenye gyem
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) fresh wound, cleaned with the juice of Cissus quadrangularis..If the wound does not heal, wash with H2O in which the bark of Parkia biglobosa (yullo) has boiled + smear kaerite wood (Achras parkii) with ash and make a plaster with a leaf of Ipomoea repens
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
à'ogo dyala
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.
Official name :
Coccinia cordifolia (L.) Cogn.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095) margouillats (gyè) are fond of the fruit of Coccinia cordifolia
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
gyë kamu «kamu du margouillat »
Combretum aculeatum Vent.
Official name :
Combretum aculeatum Vent.
Family :
Combretaceae
Symptoms :
H(012), H(095)
Recipes :
H(012) Crushed almond from Combretum aculeatum for fracture reduction: we rub the broken member before keeping it between two boards of "nomo kyenkuzu"
H(095) Edible fruits from which we make a fermented drink, "bi di", as well as a kind of jam, "dan"
H(095) Edible fruits from which we make a fermented drink, "bi di", as well as a kind of jam, "dan"
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
bi, pelye niňelu
Combretum micranthum G. Don
Official name :
Combretum micranthum G. Don
Family :
Combretaceae
Synonyms :
Combretum raimbaultii Heck.
,
Combretum altum Perr.
Symptoms :
H(203)
Recipes :
H(203) the branches of Combretum micranthum are used to make baskets (tommo) used during the sowing festival, bows and fish traps
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
kuyo
Commelina forskalaei Vahl
Official name :
Commelina forskalaei Vahl
Family :
Commelinaceae
Synonyms :
Commelina falcata Hassk.
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) Commelina forskalaei medicinal plant used for treatment of scabies
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
buru gegeru «son.de la trompe du Hogon »