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Official name :
Cynodon sp.
Family :
Poaceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HM 09
Author(s) :
Minja, M.M.J.
Title :
The Maasai Wonder Plants.
People and Plants training workshop held at the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th – 18th march 1999.
Symptoms :
H(099x)
Recipes :
H(099x), leaf, decoction (H2O), VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
embalakay (Maasai)
Reference VF 05
Author(s) :
Fison, T.
Title :
Some ethnoveterinary information from South Sudan
Undated document
http://www.vetwork.org.uk/evkfison.pdf
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112) abortion, ask the mother (better), or father, of twins to come and tie a special, thin rope made from a grass called muon (probably Cynodon) around the neck of the aborted cow. They must also say some special words.(Dinka)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
South-Soudan (Dinka zone)
Vernacular name :
muon
Reference VW 02
Author(s) :
Wilbert
Title :
Etudes sur la zootechnie et la pathologie du Soudan Français (Haut Sénégal, Niger et Haute Volta).
Pharmacopée indigène, 242 - 247, (1920) From ref. : VB 10
Symptoms :
V(007)
Recipes :
V(007), ONS, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
not registered