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Author(s) :
Tilahum Teklehaymanot, Mirutse Giday
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by people in Zegie Peninsula, Northwestern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 3:12 (2007)
Reference VT 27 has information about 8 plants :
Achyranthes aspera L.
Official name :
Achyranthes aspera L.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Achyranthes annua Dinter
,
Achyranthes indica (L.) Mill.
,
Achyranthes aspera L. var. sicula
,
Achyranthes obovata Peter.
Symptoms :
V(124)
Recipes :
V(124) blood clotting, dressing with crushed leaves Achyranthes aspera
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
telenzje (Amharic)
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.
Official name :
Calpurnia aurea (Aiton) Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Calpurnia subdecandra (L'Hérit.) Schweick.
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
V(008) dysentery, leaves paste of Calpurnia aurea mixed with H2O, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
digita (Amharic)
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del.
Official name :
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(126)
Recipes :
V(126) hepatitis, jaundice (wef beshita), scarifications , inserting crushed leaves of Croton macrostachyus with salt and soot
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
bissana (Amharic)
Cyphostemma junceum (Webb) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
Official name :
Cyphostemma junceum (Webb) Wild & R.B.Drumm.
Family :
Vitaceae
Symptoms :
V(020)
Recipes :
V(020) snake, crushed fresh roots of Cyphostemma junceum , VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
etse zewe (Amharic)
Ficus thonningii Blume
Official name :
Ficus thonningii Blume
Family :
Moraceae
Synonyms :
Ficus iteophylla Miq.
,
Ficus burkei (Miq.) Miq.
,
Ficus dekdekena (Miq.) A. Rich.
Symptoms :
V(104)
Recipes :
V(104) stomach disorder, crushed fresh roots of Ficus thonningii, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
chibha (Amharic)
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.
Official name :
Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. ex Benth.
Family :
Lamiaceae
Symptoms :
V(018), V(051), V(166), V(200), V(206)
Recipes :
V(018) + V(051) + V(166) muscle spasm + V(200) herpes + V(206) (all those symptoms = mich), juice of leaves of Ocimum lamiifolium + Dagusa injera, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
dama kesse (Amharic)
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Official name :
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family :
Phytolaccaceae
Synonyms :
Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm.
Symptoms :
V(126)
Recipes :
V(126) hepatitis, jaundice (wef beshita), crushed fresh leaves of Phytolacca dodecandra, VO
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
endod (male) (Amharic)
Plumbago zeylanica L.
Official name :
Plumbago zeylanica L.
Family :
Plumbaginaceae
Symptoms :
V(003)
Recipes :
V(003) swelling, dressing with root paste of Plumbago zeylanica
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Northwest, Zegie peninsula)
Vernacular name :
amira (Amharic)