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Author(s) :
Giday, M.
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Zay people in Ethiopia.
CBM:s Skriftserie 3, pp. 81 - 99, Uppsala 2001
Reference VG 19 has information about 11 plants :
Acacia sieberiana DC.
Official name :
Acacia sieberiana DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Acacia sieberiana DC. var. sieberiana
Symptoms :
V(014)
Recipes :
Vb(014) skin disease, flowers of Acacia sieberiana, RNS., local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
lafto (Oromo)
Agave sisalana Perr.
Official name :
Agave sisalana Perr.
Family :
Agavaceae
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) blackleg, roots of Agave sisalana, RNS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
alge (Oromo), qacha (Amharic)
Aloe trichosantha A.Berger
Official name :
Aloe trichosantha A.Berger
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) anthrax, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
hargisu (Oromo)
Asparagus africanus Lam.
Official name :
Asparagus africanus Lam.
Family :
Asparagaceae
Symptoms :
V(048)
Recipes :
Veq(048) geregelchja = mucous comes continuously out of nose, roots and cladodes of Asparagus africanus, RNS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
seriti (Oromo)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
Official name :
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Asclepias procera Aiton
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) blackleg, latex from stems of Calotropis procera, local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
tobiaw (Amharic)
Capparis tomentosa Lam.
Official name :
Capparis tomentosa Lam.
Family :
Capparaceae
Synonyms :
Capparis polymorpha Guill. & Pers.
,
Capparis persicifolia A.Rich.
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(014) skin disease, leaves of Capparis tomentosa, RNS., local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
gora (Oromo)
Cassia occidentalis L.
Official name :
Cassia occidentalis L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna occidentalis (L.) Link
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) anthrax, leaves of Senna occidentalis, RNS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standley
Official name :
Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standley
Family :
Nyctaginaceae
Symptoms :
V(014)
Recipes :
Vb(014) skin disease, aerian part of Commicarpus plumbagineus , RNS., local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
gale, qoricha simbira (Oromo)
Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn.
Official name :
Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Symptoms :
V(003), V(004), V(006), V(038), V(198)
Recipes :
Vb(003) swelling of the body + Vb(004) skin lesion + Vb(006) constipation + Vb(038) fail to urinate + Vb(198) loss of hair (all those symptom = aloye) , leaves of Kedrostis foetidissima, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
holobido (Oromo), tetirigi kitel (Amharic)
Solanum incanum L.
Official name :
Solanum incanum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Solanum insanum L.
,
Solanum coagulans Forssk.
Symptoms :
V(004)
Recipes :
Vb(004) skin wounds, leaves of Solanum incanum, RNS., local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
hidi (Oromo)
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.
Official name :
Withania somnifera (L.) Dun.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Physalis somnifera L.
Symptoms :
V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(041) anthrax, roots of Withania somnifera, RNS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Zay people; Islands of lake Ziway)
Vernacular name :
kump (Oromo)