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114 plants found in 9 reference(s)
Abrus precatorius L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Abrus precatorius L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100), H(014)
Recipes :
H(100, 20) gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilitic ulcers, H(014) genital herpes, roots of Abrus precatorius,decoction, VO. ; topical application to wounds
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mupitipiti (siLozi name)
Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia mellifera (Vahl) Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Mimosa mellifera Vahl.
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 35), stem bark, roots of Acacia mellifera, decoction in H2O, VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
kakumbwe (siLozi name)
Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Delile
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Acacia scorpioides (L.) W.F. Wight
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 25) gonorrhoea, chlamydia symptoms in men, leaves, roots, stem bark of Acacia nilotica, pound, add warm water and VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mukotokoto (siLozi name)
Adansonia digitata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Adansonia digitata L.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Synonyms :
Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev.
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 45) general STI, stem bark, leaves, roots of Adansonia digitata, decoction, VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mubuyu (siLozi name)
Afzelia quanzensis Welw. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Afzelia quanzensis Welw.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 12
Author(s) :
Corbeil, J.- J.
Title :
Cibemba bush medicines, Zambia.
Curare, Sonderband, 3, 313 - 324, (1985)
Symptoms :
H(113)
Recipes :
H(113), rheumatism (kapopo), to grind the roots, powder, massage
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
mupapa (Cibemba)
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 40) general STI; stem bark, roots of Afzelia quanzensis, crush in water, VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
muwande (siLozi name)
Agave sisalana Perr. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Agave sisalana Perr.
Family :
Agavaceae
Reference VA 06
Author(s) :
Alders, R.G.
Title :
The diagnosis and control of Newcastle disease in Zambia.
Final project report to the Australian center for international agricultural research, Canberra, (1992)
Symptoms :
V(105)
Recipes :
Vv(105), leaves and stalks are pounded and added to drinking water
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
ubukonge (Bemba)
Albizia harveyi E.Fourn. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Albizia harveyi E.Fourn.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VS 24
Author(s) :
Syakalima M., M. Simuunza and V. C. Zulu
Title :
Ethnoveterinary treatments for common cattle diseases in four districts of the Southern Province, Zambia
Veterinary World, 11(2): 141-145. (2018)
www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/February-2018/8.pdf
Symptoms :
V(100)
Recipes :
Vb(100) transmissible venereal tumor: Roots of Albizia harveyi, applied directly to the tumor
site
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia (Southern Province)
Vernacular name :
mukangala
Albizia versicolor Welw. ex Oliv. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Albizia versicolor Welw. ex Oliv.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 15) gonorrhoea, chlamydia symptoms in men, decoction of dried stem bark of Albizia versicolor, VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mububa (siLozi name)
Aloe sp. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe sp.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HC 12
Author(s) :
Corbeil, J.- J.
Title :
Cibemba bush medicines, Zambia.
Curare, Sonderband, 3, 313 - 324, (1985)
Symptoms :
H(111)
Recipes :
H(111), to break a leave and pour the inside oil on the burn (muliro)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
litembusha (Cibemba)
Reference VA 06
Author(s) :
Alders, R.G.
Title :
The diagnosis and control of Newcastle disease in Zambia.
Final project report to the Australian center for international agricultural research, Canberra, (1992)
Symptoms :
V(105)
Recipes :
Vv(105), leaves and stalks are pounded and added to drinking water
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
iposo (Bemba)
Ampelocissus obtusata (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ampelocissus obtusata (Welw. ex Baker) Planch.
Family :
Vitaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100), H(014)
Recipes :
H(100, 25) Syphilitic rashes, H(014) genital herpes, cold infusion of roots of Ampelocissus obtusata used as a dressing to heal wounds
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
munsansa (siLozi name)
Aneilema aequinoctiale (P.Beauv.) G.Don :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aneilema aequinoctiale (P.Beauv.) G.Don
Family :
Commelinaceae
Reference HW 10
Author(s) :
Weiss. E. A.
Title :
Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen
Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108) An infusion of the non-flowering plant of Aneilema aequinoctiale was said to relieve colds, but an old man said he remembered "long ago" it was powdered and taken like snuff for the same
Region :
East Africa (Costal regions)
Country :
Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
jaja, sometimes kongwa or kongwa mwitu (Swahili)
Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey. Ex Arn. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Apodytes dimidiata E. Mey. Ex Arn.
Family :
Icacinaceae
Reference VA 06
Author(s) :
Alders, R.G.
Title :
The diagnosis and control of Newcastle disease in Zambia.
Final project report to the Australian center for international agricultural research, Canberra, (1992)
Symptoms :
V(105)
Recipes :
Vv(105), leaves and stalks are pounded and added to drinking water
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
pilipili (Nyanja), bird's eye (English)
Aristolochia petersiana Klotzsch :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aristolochia petersiana Klotzsch
Family :
Aristolochiaceae
Reference HW 10
Author(s) :
Weiss. E. A.
Title :
Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen
Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/
Symptoms :
H(020)
Recipes :
H(020), widely believed, not only on the coast, to provide an antidote for snakebite, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa (Costal regions)
Country :
Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
mtangwa mwiyi (Swahili), lunkulwe (Zigua)
Azadirachta indica A. Juss. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Family :
Meliaceae
Synonyms :
Melia azadirachta L.
Reference VS 24
Author(s) :
Syakalima M., M. Simuunza and V. C. Zulu
Title :
Ethnoveterinary treatments for common cattle diseases in four districts of the Southern Province, Zambia
Veterinary World, 11(2): 141-145. (2018)
www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.11/February-2018/8.pdf
Symptoms :
V(035)
Recipes :
Vb(035) theileriosis, barks of Azadirachta indica: concoction given to the livestock orally (as a drench)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia (Southern Province)
Vernacular name :
neem tree
Baikiaea plurijuga Harms :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Baikiaea plurijuga Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 30) syphilis, stem bark of Baikiaea plurijuga, decoction or infusion, VO.
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mukusi (siLozi name)
Bersama abyssinica Fres. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Family :
Melianthaceae
Synonyms :
Bersama abyssinica subsp. engleriana (Gürke) F.White
Reference HC 12
Author(s) :
Corbeil, J.- J.
Title :
Cibemba bush medicines, Zambia.
Curare, Sonderband, 3, 313 - 324, (1985)
Symptoms :
H(109)
Recipes :
H(109) lumbago, (musanan), ONS, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zambia
Vernacular name :
nakancete (Cibemba)
Boscia albitrunca (Burch.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Boscia albitrunca (Burch.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Family :
Capparaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 50) syphilis, HIV/AIDS, roots of Boscia albitrunca, decoction in H2O, VO. while warm
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
kabombwa-mutemwa (siLozi name)
Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Brachystegia spiciformis Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 40) general STI , stem bark of Brachystegia spiciformis, decoction, VO. while tepid
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
mutuya (siLozi name)
Burkea africana Hook. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Burkea africana Hook.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 40) gonorrhoea, HIV/AIDS, roots, stem bark of Burkea africana are pounded intopowder, boiled in water, sieved and the filtrate is introduced into urethra
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
musheshe (siLozi name)
Capparis tomentosa Lam. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Capparis tomentosa Lam.
Family :
Capparaceae
Synonyms :
Capparis polymorpha Guill. & Pers.
,
Capparis persicifolia A.Rich.
Reference HC 57
Author(s) :
Chinsembu, K. C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal flora utilised by traditional healers in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Sesheke District, Western Province, Zambia
Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 26, 268–274 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.030
Symptoms :
H(100)
Recipes :
H(100, 25) syphilis + H(013) rashes, HIV/AIDS, boil roots of Capparis tomentosa in water, mixed with tea, and drink the tepid decoction
H(013 rashes, decoction of roots is used as a topical wash for rashes
H(013 rashes, decoction of roots is used as a topical wash for rashes
Region :
Afrique de l'est
Country :
Zambia (Western Province)
Vernacular name :
chiwezeze (siLozi name)