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Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Reference HG 14 has information about 26 plants :
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.
Official name :
Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K.Schum.
Family :
Zingiberaceae
Symptoms :
H(000)
Recipes :
H(000, 0), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
poivre de Maniguette, graines de paradis
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Official name :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051), sudorific plant
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Official name :
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Family :
Meliaceae
Synonyms :
Melia azadirachta L.
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), barks, leaves
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
lilas de Perse, cèdre bâtard
Bidens pilosa L.
Official name :
Bidens pilosa L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
H(001), H(037)
Recipes :
H(001), sap, ONS., RNS.
H(037), leaves, RNS.
H(037), leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Brucea antidysenterica J.F. Mill.
Official name :
Brucea antidysenterica J.F. Mill.
Family :
Simaroubaceae
Symptoms :
H(008), H(091)
Recipes :
H(008), H(091), barks, stems, roots
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Cassia alata L.
Official name :
Cassia alata L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna alata (L.) Roxb.
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013), cutaneous diseases, leaves, RNS
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
dartrier
Cassia occidentalis L.
Official name :
Cassia occidentalis L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
Symptoms :
H(015), H(095)
Recipes :
H(015), seeds, leaves, roots, RNS.
H(095), roasted seeds, substitute of coffee
H(095), roasted seeds, substitute of coffee
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
café nègre, bois puant
Cassia tora L.
Official name :
Cassia tora L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Cassia obtusifolia L.
,
Senna obtusifolia (L.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby
Symptoms :
H(113), H(095)
Recipes :
H(013), ulcers, sores, leaves, RNS.
H(068), roots, RNS.
H(095), roasted seeds, substitute of coffee
H(068), roots, RNS.
H(095), roasted seeds, substitute of coffee
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Official name :
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Synonyms :
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
Symptoms :
H(068), H(116), H(166)
Recipes :
H(068, H(116), H(166), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
thé du Mexique
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Official name :
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Family :
Poaceae
Symptoms :
H(109)
Recipes :
H(109), cataplasms from bulbs
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Datura metel L.
Official name :
Datura metel L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Datura alba Nees
,
Datura fastuosa L.
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092), arrows poison, juice from leaves of Datura fastuosa + latex of Periploca nigricans
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Official name :
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
Symptoms :
H(006), H(055), H(126)
Recipes :
H(006), H(055), leaves, RNS.
H(006) + H(126), roots, RNS.
H(006) + H(126), roots, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don
Official name :
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. et Perr.) Hook. f.
Symptoms :
H(186)
Recipes :
H(186), decoction leaves
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mayumbe)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
Official name :
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092), barks, RNS., ordeal poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Gloriosa superba L.
Official name :
Gloriosa superba L.
Family :
Colchicaceae
Symptoms :
H(091), H(100), H(104)
Recipes :
H(091) tonic, H(104) stomachic, roots, RNS
H(100) gono., bubons, starch from roots rasped and washed, VO.
H(100) gono., bubons, starch from roots rasped and washed, VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Ipomoea involucrata P. Beauv.
Official name :
Ipomoea involucrata P. Beauv.
Family :
Convolvulaceae
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001), juice from leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Jatropha curcas L.
Official name :
Jatropha curcas L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
H(006), H(164)
Recipes :
H(006), leaves, RNS.
H(164), roots barks, RNS.
H(164), roots barks, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Official name :
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(008), H(139)
Recipes :
H(008), roots infusion
H(139), seeds, RNS.
H(139), seeds, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Paullinia pinnata L.
Official name :
Paullinia pinnata L.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) blen., decoction (H2O) leaves
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.
Official name :
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
H(008), H(100)
Recipes :
H(008), H(100) blen., decoction (H2O) wood + palm wine , VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
boala (Mongo)