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(092)
Recipes :
H(092) The root of Alafia sp.is used for making an arrow-poison
H(103) A root-scraping is sniffed for toothache called "ondese". The treatment causes terrible pains at the nose and the head (Efe Pygmies, in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
ondekaro (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)