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Reference : VL 10

Author(s) : Le Floc'h, E., D. Lenormant, A. Lignon & N. Rezkallah

Title : Pratiques ethnobotaniques des populations Afars de la moyenne vallée de l'Awash (Ethiopie). Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 14, pp. 283 - 314, (1985)

Reference VL 10 has information about 3 plants :

Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk.

Official name : Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk.

Family : Capparaceae

Symptoms : V(068)

Recipes : Vch(068), ONS., RNS.

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia (Awash valley)

Vernacular name : adangali (Afar)

Cyphostemma cyphopetalum (Fresen.) Descoings ex Wild & Drummond

Official name : Cyphostemma cyphopetalum (Fresen.) Descoings ex Wild & Drummond

Family : Vitaceae

Symptoms : V(000)

Recipes : Vch(000), ONS., RNS.

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia (Awash valley)

Vernacular name : bussuruga (Afar)

Solanum incanum L.

Official name : Solanum incanum L.

Family : Solanaceae

Synonyms : Solanum insanum L. , Solanum coagulans Forssk.

Symptoms : V(108), V(108)

Recipes : Vch(108), Vc(108), bery in the nostril

Region : East Africa

Country : Ethiopia (Awash valley)

Vernacular name : kurrarrate (Afar), embway, anguilla (Amharique)