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Official name :
Maytenus heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.Robson
Family :
Celastraceae
6 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HH 06a
Author(s) :
Hedberg I., O. Hedberg, P.J. Madati, K.E. Mshigeni, E.N. Mshiu & G. Samuelsson
Title :
Inventory of plants used in traditional medicine in Tanzania. I. Plants of the families Acanthaceae - Cucurbitaceae.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 6, pp. 29 - 60 (1982)
Symptoms :
H(026)
Recipes :
H(026) dysmenorrhoea, leaves of Maytenus heterophylla used, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
ndegamau (Makonde), mjengamanyigu (Swahili). (Korogwe district)
Reference HM 38
Author(s) :
Muthaura, C.N. , G.M. Rukunga, S.C. Chhabra, G.M. Mungai & E.N.M. Njagi
Title :
Traditional phytotherapy of some remedies used in treatment of malaria in Meru district of Kenya.
South African Journal of Botany , Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 402-411 (2007)
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, roots barks of Maytenus heterophylla boiled in water, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Meru district, Imenti forest game reserve )
Vernacular name :
muraga
Reference HM 39
Author(s) :
Medley, K
Title :
Extractive forest resources of the Tana river national primate reserve, Kenya
Economic Botany 47 (2) pp. 171-183. (1993)
Symptoms :
H(000)
Recipes :
H(000), ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare mountain range)
Vernacular name :
mlalanche (Pokomo)
Reference HO 17
Author(s) :
Okello, S.V., Nyunja R.O., Netondo G.W. & Onyango J.C.
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by Sabaot of Mt. Elgon Kenya
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines Volume 7, No. 1, pp 1-10 (2010)
Symptoms :
H(037), H(051), H(082), H(100)
Recipes :
H(037) chest, H(051) paludism, H(082) breathing difficulty,H(100) sexually transmitted infection (STI's), decoction of roots of Maytenus heterophylla, RNS. (Probably VO.)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Mont Elgon region)
Vernacular name :
chepkatait (Sabaot)
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008), administered by Zulus to stock animals for diarrhoea, bark and leaf infusions of Maytenus heterophylla
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VW 08
Author(s) :
Wanzala, W., W. Takken, W. R. Mukabana, A. O. Pala & A. Hassanali
Title :
Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 140, 298– 324 (2012)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874112000347
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
Vb(039) against livestock ticks, fruit, leaf, stem/bark, root of Maytenus heterophylla, applied on the animal’s body surface
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Western Kenya (Bungoma district)
Vernacular name :
kumuwawa