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Official name : Justicia extensa T.Anders
Family : Acanthaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HH 05
Author(s) : Hulstaert, G.
Title : -Notes de Botanique Mongo. Acad. Roy. des Sc. d'Outre- Mer, Classe des Sc. Nat. & Méd., N.S. XV-3, 212 p., (1966) + -Sur l'emploi des plantes médicinales chez les Mongo Revue de Recherche Scientifique. Spécial Medecine Traditionnelle au Zaïre + Various and scattered notes
Symptoms : H(014), H(092), H(112)
Recipes : H(014) scabies, slightly flamed leaf of Justicia extensa are crushed in hand with palm oil. The extract is put on the pustules. - - H(092) narcotic fishing
- H(112) abortive, decoction of leaves, in enema to induce abortion
Region : Central Africa
Country : Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Mongo people)
Vernacular name : not recorded (because the original article in phonetic script)
Reference HK 81
Author(s) : Kimpouni, V., E. Apani & M.Motom
Title : Plantes ichtyotoxiques et particularisme des usages au Congo (Brazzaville) Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 5(3): 979-990, June 2011 http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbcs
Symptoms : H(207)
Recipes : H(207) fishing poison, leaves of Justicia extensa provides a fresh product, made into paste. The final product can undergo maturation at room temperature, (use in the congolese basin)
Region : West Africa
Country : Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville)
Vernacular name : mbaka, lengeti, lembaha