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Official name : Dovyalis caffra (Hook.f. & Harv.) Hook.f.

Family : Flacourtiaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HM 76

Author(s) : Maroyi, A.

Title : Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,13:43 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8

Symptoms : H(095)

Recipes : H(095) food plant, fruit of Dovyalis caffra

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Eastern Cape province)

Vernacular name : incagolo (isi Xhosa)

Reference VG 26

Author(s) : Gakuubi, M. M.& W. Wanzala

Title : A survey of plants and plant products traditionally used in livestock health management in Buuri district, Meru County, Kenya Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 8:39, (2012) http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/39

Symptoms : V(037)

Recipes : Vb(037), Vc(037), Vo(037), Vv(037), Vpc(037), Vr(037) coughing (gukora) ripe fruits of Dovyalis caffra are crushed to extract the juice

Region : East Africa

Country : Kenya (Buuri district, Meru County)

Vernacular name : kariaba

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