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Official name : Aneilema aequinoctiale (P.Beauv.) G.Don

Family : Commelinaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HK 87

Author(s) : Kigen, G. , Z. Kamuren, E. Njiru, B. Wanjohi & W. Kipkore

Title : Ethnomedical survey of the plants used by traditional healers in Narok County, Kenya Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Volume 2019, Article ID 8976937, 8 pages + supplement https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8976937

Symptoms : H(001), H(091), H(108)

Recipes : H(001) ocular disorders, flowers of Aneilema aequinoctiale, pressed to produce juice
H(091) malnutrition, H(108) colds, leaves soaked in H20

Region : East Africa

Country : Kenya (Narok County)

Vernacular name : enkaiteteyiai (Maa name)

Reference HW 10

Author(s) : Weiss. E. A.

Title : Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979) http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/

Symptoms : H(108)

Recipes : H(108) An infusion of the non-flowering plant of Aneilema aequinoctiale was said to relieve colds, but an old man said he remembered "long ago" it was powdered and taken like snuff for the same

Region : East Africa (Costal regions)

Country : Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Vernacular name : jaja, sometimes kongwa or kongwa mwitu (Swahili)

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