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Official name :
Cassia absus L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Chamaecrista absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby
21 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference B6 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J.
Title :
La pharmacopée marocaine traditionnelle: Médecine arabe ancienne et savoirs populaires.
Ibis Press, 764 p. (1997)
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001), conjonctivitis, cataract, seeds powder, dry eyes-wash The seeds are imported from black Africa.
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
bufetas-el-aynin, habbat sawda'
Reference B7 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J., R. Claisse, J. Fleurentin & C. Younos
Title :
Repertory of standard herbal drugs in the Moroccan pharmacopoea
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 35, pp. 123 - 143 (1991)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037887419190064K
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001) ophtalmic antseptic, seeds of Cassia absus, RNS, (imported plant)
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
znîna
Reference HA 11
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun, E., M.R.A. Ahyi, J.J. Floret , S. Guinko, M. Koumaré, A. M. R. Ahyi, J. Raynal
Title :
Contribution aux études ethnobotaniques et floristiques au Mali.
Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), Paris, 291 p., (1981)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014), eczema, dermatosis, psoriasis, ONS. of Cassia absus of Ximenia americana, local application
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HA 1k
Author(s) :
Ainslie, J.R.
Title :
A list of plants used in native medicine in Nigeria.
Imperial Forestry Institute.University of Oxford, Institute Paper, n° 7, (1937)
Symptoms :
H(001), H(014)
Recipes :
H(001) ophtalmie, H(014) ringworm, seeds mixed fat, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
fidele (Hausa)
Reference HA 41
Author(s) :
Aubréville, A.
Title :
Flore forestière Soudano-guinéenne (A.O.F - Cameroun - A.E.F)
Office Recherche Scientifique d'Outre-Mer, 523 p, (1950)
Soc. Edit. Maritim. Col., Paris
Symptoms :
H(001), H(100)
Recipes :
H(001) eyes diseases, crushed seeds, RNS. (Senegal, Nigeria)
H(100) veneral diseases, leaves, RNS.
H(100) veneral diseases, leaves, RNS.
Region :
West Africa, Central Africa
Country :
(A.O.F - A.E.F)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HB 05
Author(s) :
Bouquet, A.
Title :
Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville).
Mém. O.R.S.T.O.M., 36, 282 p., (1969)
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/41737230/Ficheurs-et-mecines-traditionn
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) female, leaves of Cassia absus of Dissotis rotundifolia, pulp, delayer in wine, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville) (ex Brazaville Congo)
Vernacular name :
mumbété nayengu (Bondjo), ayoyo (Téké)
Reference HC 13a
Author(s) :
Chabra, S.C., R.L.A. Mahunnah & E.N. Mshiu
Title :
Plants used in traditional medicine in Eastern Tanzania.I. Pteridophytes and Angiosperms (Acanthaceae to Canellaceae).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 21, pp. 253 - 277, (1987)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201), roots, decoction (H2O), VO., to neutralize the effects of devils
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (East)
Vernacular name :
mlutulutu (Swahili)
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(051), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(051) fever, paludism, whole plant of Chamaecrista absus, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HE 12
Author(s) :
El-Kamali, H. H.
Title :
Ethnopharmacology of Medicinal Plants used in North Kordofan (Western Sudan)
Ethnobotanical Leaflets 13: 89-97. 2009.
http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/sudan.htm
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001, 5,4 %) eye troubles, fruit of Cassia absus applied on eye
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Sudan (North Kordofan)
Vernacular name :
habat el-Ain
Reference HG 08
Author(s) :
Gillet, J. & E. Paque
Title :
Plantes principales de la région de Kisantu.
Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren (Belgique). Série 5, 4, 1, 120p. (1910)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(100), H(131)
Recipes :
H(013) ulcer + H(100),H(013) ulcer + H(131), crushed leaves, ointment
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Kisantu region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 01
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J. G. Adam
Title :
La pharmacopée sénégalaise traditionnelle. Plantes médicinales et toxiques.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 1011 p., (1974)
Symptoms :
H(013), H(094)
Recipes :
H(013) ulcer, ripe fruit of Cassia absus, to pound, local application
H(013) ulcer, leaves of Cassia, local application
H(094), whole plant of Cassia., pulp, to dilute (H2O), enema + butter
H(013) ulcer, leaves of Cassia, local application
H(094), whole plant of Cassia., pulp, to dilute (H2O), enema + butter
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 12
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 384 - 444 (1964)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1964_num_11_10_2785
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 543 - 599, (1964)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1964_num_11_12_2795
Symptoms :
H(094)
Recipes :
H(094) haemorrhoids, the whole plant of Cassia absus pounded in paste, mixed with butter, suppository
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
korodel (Peul, Tocolor)
Reference HK 13
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J.O.
Title :
Medicinal plants of East Africa.
East african literature bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, 368 p., (1976)
Symptoms :
H(100), H(104)
Recipes :
H(100) syph., poundedleaves, cataplasm on sores
H(104) stomach, roots, RNS.
H(104) stomach, roots, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
East Africa
Vernacular name :
pingano awima (Turu)
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
H(001)
Recipes :
H(001), seeds roasted a few, decoction (H2O) and powder in eyes
H(001), Cassia occidentalis seeds, decoction (H2O), drops in eyes in alternation whit the decoction (H2O) of seeds of Cassia absus
H(001), Cassia occidentalis seeds, decoction (H2O), drops in eyes in alternation whit the decoction (H2O) of seeds of Cassia absus
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
fideli (Haoussa), korobo messin (Malinké)
Reference HP 1k
Author(s) :
Palayer, P.
Title :
Lexique de plantes du pays Sar.Plantes spontanées et cultivées.Tome 2, 78 p., (1977)
Collège Charles Lwanga.C.E.L. Sarh-Tchad.Publié avec le concours financier de l'UNESCO.
Symptoms :
H(013), H(100)
Recipes :
H(100) +H(013) , pounded dry leaves
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Chad (Sar country)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HS 02
Author(s) :
Sillans, R.
Title :
République centrafricaine (1953).
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(131)
Recipes :
H(131), leaves of Cassia absus, local application
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HS 06
Author(s) :
Staner, P. & R. Boutique
Title :
Matériaux pour l'étude des plantes médicinales indigènes du Congo Belge.
Mém. Institut royal colonial belge, Section des Sc. naturelles et médicales,Collection in-8°, fasc. 6 et dernier, 228 p., (1937)
Symptoms :
H(045), H(100)
Recipes :
H(045) for H(100) syph., dry leaves, powder on syphilitic ulcer
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Uele, Ituri)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HT 46
Author(s) :
Tugume P., E. K. Kakudidi, M. Buyinza, J. Namaalwa, M. Kamatenesi, P. Mucunguzi, J. Kalema
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:5 (2016)
Symptoms :
H(017), H(051)
Recipes :
H(017) prolonged embryo in uterus, H(051) paludism, , pound leaves of Senna absus add H2O and VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Mabira Central Forest Reserve)
Vernacular name :
mucuula (Luganda)
Reference HV 03
Author(s) :
Vergiat, A.-M.
Title :
Plantes magiques et médicinales des féticheurs de l'Oubangui (Région de Bangui) (3e partie)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 16, n°9-10, Septembre-octobre 1969. pp. 418-456;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°1-4, Janvier-février-mars-avril 1970. pp. 60-91;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°5-6, Mai-juin 1970. pp. 171-199;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°7-9, Juillet-août-septembre 1970. pp. 295-339
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1969_num_16_9_3037
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_1_3053
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_5_3060
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_7_3071
Symptoms :
H(004), H(045)
Recipes :
H(004) wound to heal, H(045) cicatrising, leaves of Cassia absus, dry, pound, local application Beforehand wash with a decoction of leaves of Bauhinia thonningii.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui)
Vernacular name :
gusu kenge (Dakpwa), pakpwalera, lera (Banda), bedomu (Manja)
Reference HW 05
Author(s) :
Wome, B.
Title :
Recherches ethnopharmacognosiques sur les plantes médicinales utilisées en médecine traditionnelle à Kisangani (Haut-Zaïre).
Thèse de doctorat, Université libre de Bruxelles, Fac. Sc., 561 p., (1985)
Symptoms :
H(068), H(100), H(131)
Recipes :
H(068), leaves of Cassia absus, to pound, to macerate, RNS.
H(100), H(131), leaves of Cassia absus, powder, local application
H(100), H(131), leaves of Cassia absus, powder, local application
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Kisangani)
Vernacular name :
not registered