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Official name :
Phytolacca octandra L.
Family :
Phytolaccaceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 61
Author(s) :
Bhat , RB.
Title :
Medicinal plants and traditional practices of Xhosa people in the Transkei region of Eastern Cape, South Africa
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 13 (2), pp. 292-298, April 2014
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, fresh juice of fruits of Phytolacca octandra, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Transkei)
Vernacular name :
um-inki (Xhosa), pokeweed (English)
Reference HC 51
Author(s) :
Constant, N. L. , M. P. Tshisikhawe
Title :
Hierarchies of knowledge: ethnobotanical knowledge, practices and beliefs of the Vhavenda in South Africa for biodiversity conservation
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:56 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0255-2
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) leaves and roots: cooked together and eaten with porridge
H(095) leaves: eaten dry to make a type of biltong to be eaten during the winter months also during times of drought and hunge
species is commercialised and sold in informal markets
H(095) leaves: eaten dry to make a type of biltong to be eaten during the winter months also during times of drought and hunge
species is commercialised and sold in informal markets
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
thebe (Vhavenda), forest ink berry (English)
Reference HH 16
Author(s) :
Haerdi, F.
Title :
Afrikanische Heilpflanzen. Die Eingeborenen-Heilpflanzen des Ulanga- Distriktes Tanganjikas (Ostafrika).
Acta tropica, Suppl. 8, 1-278 (1964)
Published : 1964, Verlag für Recht und Gesellschaft (Basel)
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004), leaves of Phytolacca octandra applied to septic wound caused rapid healing
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Zulu, Xhosa regions in Transkei)
Vernacular name :
lesilonda
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(091), H(095)
Recipes :
H(091) stimulant, flavourant in snuff, whole plant of Phytolacca octandra, RNS.
H(095) leaves as vegetable
H(095) leaves as vegetable
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
vowa, thebe (Venda)
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(037)
Recipes :
V(037) lung sickness in cattle, roots of Phytolacca octandra, infusion
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not registered