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Official name : Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl.

Family : Scrophulariaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HC 30

Author(s) : Chauke, MA., LJ. Shai, MA. Mogale, MP. Tshisikhawe, MP. Mokgotho

Title : Medicinal plant use of villagers in the Mopani district, Limpopo province, South Africa Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 12(3):9-26 (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajtcam.v12i3.2

Symptoms : H(004), H(020), H(103)

Recipes : H(004) wound healing, roots or whole plant of Aptosimum lineare are used
H(004) tissue repair, H(020) snake bite, leaves of Aptosimum lineare heated (on fire) and applied on affected area
H(103) toothache, whole plant

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Limpopo province, Mopani district)

Vernacular name : maropolane (Local Name),veld violet (English)

Reference HM 81

Author(s) : Mongalo, N. I. and T. J. Makhafola

Title : Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14:46 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4

Symptoms : H(028z)

Recipes : H(028z, 17), whole plant of Aptosimum lineare is used to treat gynaecological complaints, RNS., VO.

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Limpopo Province)

Vernacular name : popeloana

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