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Official name :
Salacia sp.
Family :
Celastraceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HT 53
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(000), H(001), H(092)
Recipes :
H(000) The fruit-sap of of " auofau,boaoro" = Salacia sp.is held to make a man healthy, called “a medicine for good health”; applied over the body
H(001) The fruit-sap, if dripped into the eyes, causes a lot of water coming out of the eyes. Women use it to cry a lot in funerals
H(092) The plant is used for an arrow-poison (customs of Efe Pygmies, in the Ituri forest) (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(001) The fruit-sap, if dripped into the eyes, causes a lot of water coming out of the eyes. Women use it to cry a lot in funerals
H(092) The plant is used for an arrow-poison (customs of Efe Pygmies, in the Ituri forest) (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
ofauofau,boaoro (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)
Reference HT 53
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(203)
Recipes :
H(203) The lianes of "anbilinjo" = Salacia sp. are made into cordage, snares called "bado", a special cord called "nupe", for climbing a tree, and so on (practice of Mbuti Pygmies, around Katala and Mawambo villages in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
anbilinjo (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)
Reference HV 03
Author(s) :
Vergiat, A.-M.
Title :
Plantes magiques et médicinales des féticheurs de l'Oubangui (Région de Bangui) (3e partie)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 16, n°9-10, Septembre-octobre 1969. pp. 418-456;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°1-4, Janvier-février-mars-avril 1970. pp. 60-91;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°5-6, Mai-juin 1970. pp. 171-199;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°7-9, Juillet-août-septembre 1970. pp. 295-339
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1969_num_16_9_3037
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_1_3053
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_5_3060
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_7_3071
Symptoms :
H(068), H(173)
Recipes :
H(068) leaves of Salacia sp. are consumed as spinach against liver diseases
H(173) white leprosy, decoction of the leaves is used for the bath
H(173) white leprosy, decoction of the leaves is used for the bath
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui)
Vernacular name :
kususu (Manja), dokoflnda (Lissongo).