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Author(s) :
Heine, B. & M. Brenzinger
Title :
Plant concepts and plant use .An ethnobotanical survey of the semi-arid and arid lands of East Africa.Part 4: Plant of the Borana (Ethiopia and Kenya).296 p., Band 9 (1988)
Kolner Beiträge zur Entwicklungsländerforschung / Cologne Development StudiesVerlag breitenbach Publishers, Saarbrücken, Fort Lauderdale
Reference VH 6k has information about 14 plants :
Acacia brevispica Harms
Official name :
Acacia brevispica Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(075)
Recipes :
Vb(075), cattle which have dry nose or suffer from lack of appetite; soak bark or root with salted water, give cattle to drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Albizia anthelmintica Brongn.
Official name :
Albizia anthelmintica Brongn.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(006)
Recipes :
V(006) calf, constipation , peel roots, chew, put mixture into mouth and nose
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild
Official name :
Aspilia mossambicensis (Oliv.) Wild
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Aspilia chrysops S. Moore
,
Aspilia holstii O.Hoffm
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095) forage for all livestock
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.
Official name :
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Calpurnia subdecandra (L'Hérit.) Schweick.
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
V(039), lice on calves and kids; pour leaves, soak in cold water, wash affected animal
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.
Official name :
Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.
Family :
Burseraceae
Symptoms :
V(014)
Recipes :
V(014), scabies (c'itto f); stlr gum (urm m) in cold water, wash body or apply to wounds
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Official name :
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(086)
Recipes :
V(086)swollen glands, boil latex in waterdrink, or apply latex to glands.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euphorbia grandicornis Goebel
Official name :
Euphorbia grandicornis Goebel
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(037)
Recipes :
Vch(037) camels' cough; soak plant in water, boil with sheep head, make camel drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euphorbia heterochroma Pax
Official name :
Euphorbia heterochroma Pax
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(037)
Recipes :
Vch(037) camels' cough; soak plant in water, boil with sheep head, make camel drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Euphorbia triaculeata Forssk.
Official name :
Euphorbia triaculeata Forssk.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(037)
Recipes :
Vch(037) camels cough; soak plant in water, boil with sheep head, make camel drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Ficus sycomorus L.
Official name :
Ficus sycomorus L.
Family :
Moraceae
Synonyms :
Ficus damarensis Engl.
,
Ficus cocculifolia Baker
Symptoms :
V(104)
Recipes :
Vch(104), stomach disease of camels (mAAla f); pound bark, boil, give camel to drink
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Kedrostis gijef (J.F. Gmel.) C. Jeffr.
Official name :
Kedrostis gijef (J.F. Gmel.) C. Jeffr.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Symptoms :
V(076)
Recipes :
Vch(076), camel disease (AAro); peel stem, rub in mouth teeth and tongue.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Orobanche minor Smith
Official name :
Orobanche minor Smith
Family :
Orobanchaceae
Symptoms :
V(029)
Recipes :
Vb(029), cow which refuses to suckle, cu root into piece8, enter into cow's vagina, within two hour' cow will start suckling
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Platycelyphium voense (Engl.) Wild
Official name :
Platycelyphium voense (Engl.) Wild
Family :
Papilionaceae
Symptoms :
V(000)
Recipes :
V(000) (biiram); grind root and bark, boil, make stock drink or inhale fumes.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Pseudosopubia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Engl.
Official name :
Pseudosopubia hildebrandtii (Vatke) Engl.
Family :
Scrophulariaceae
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
V(001), bad eyes" chew root, apply mixture solution to mouth and nose
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia & Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered