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Symptom : H(103y)
Description :
brush to clean the body
1 plants found in 1 reference(s) :
Desplatsia dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burret :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Desplatsia dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burret
Family :
Tiliaceae
Reference HT 53
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(095), H(103y), H(202), H(203), H(203x), H(203y)
Recipes :
H(202) Fruit-paste of Desplatsia dewevrei is applied to the body as a toiletry for making the skin smooth and nice
H(103y) A brush for rubbing the body is made of the stuff inside of the fruit
H(219) Chairs and combs are made of the wood (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(203y) The fruit is soaked in water until it will become very soft, then the skin and the seeds are removed and the remaining fibrous fruit is used as a brush
H(203x) The bark is cut into small pieces and as soap used for laundering clothes (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(095) The seeds are eaten.
H(203y) a brush for rubbing the body is made of the dried fruit.
H(203) A band for carrying a basket on the back is made of the bark (Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
H(095) The seeds are extracted and sun dried, sometimes lightly roasted, then eaten like the seeds of "kokoliko" (a kind of cucurbits) of which the seeds are eaten
H(203) The inner bark is used for binding and for carrying luggage (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
chombi,okutaji, chumbi (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest), esuli (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)
