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Official name : Alafia sp.

Family : Apocynaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

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) *partially encoded*

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)

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) *partially encoded*

Symptoms : V(119)

Recipes : Vcanis(119) The raw bark of "ondekaro" = Alafia sp. is ground into paste and is rubbed into scarifications on the dog’s nose to make it a good tracker (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)