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Official name :
Acokanthera oblongifolia (Hochst.) Codd
Family :
Apocynaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 54
Author(s) :
Bisi-Johnson, M. A., Obi, C. L., Kambizi, L. and Nkomo, M.
Title :
A survey of indigenous herbal diarrhoeal remedies of O.R. Tambo district, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 9(8), pp. 1245-1254 (2010)
http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB
Symptoms :
H(008), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea, H(104) stomach ailments, boil equal part of root and stem of Elephantorrhiza elephantina of Acokanthera oblongifolia, VO.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape Province,Tambo district)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
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(018), H(020)
Recipes :
H(018) headache, H(020) snakebite, leaves of Acokanthera oblongifolia , RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Vernacular name :
inxinebe (isi Xhosa)
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 :
V(018), V(020)
Recipes :
V(018) headache, V(020)snakebite, leaves of Acokanthera oblongifolia , RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Eastern Cape province)
Vernacular name :
inxinebe (isi Xhosa)
Reference HM 87
Author(s) :
Mabona U., S.F. Van Vuuren
Title :
Southern African medicinal plants used to treat skin diseases
South African Journal of Botany 87, pp 175–193, (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2013.04.002
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) skin irritations, roots of Acokanthera oblongifolia from ref of:Palmer and Pitman (1972), Hutchings (1996), McGaw et al (2000) : to be found in bibliography of HM 87_Mabona
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Southern African
Vernacular name :
poison bush (local English)