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(207)
Recipes :
H(095) The soft tissue around the seeds is a bit sour-sweet and eaten raw; people swallow the seeds with the tissue and taste them
H(207) The plant produces a white latex which is made into rubber balls or rubber bands used for shooting birds with stones (Efe Pygmies, in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
mangocha,makpodu (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)
