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Official name :
Aristolochia heppii Merxm.
Family :
Aristolochiaceae
4 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HN 43
Author(s) :
Ngarivhume, T. , C. van’t Klooster, J. T.V.M. de Jong, J. H. Van der Westhuizen
Title :
Medicinal plants used by traditional healers for the treatment of malaria in the Chipinge district in Zimbabwe
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 159, 224–237, (2015)
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, hot infusion of roots of Aristolochia heppii , VO. (Zuzunye and Mahlope village)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe ( Chipinge district)
Vernacular name :
chividze (Shona)
Reference HS 28
Author(s) :
Sewani-Rusike, C. R.
Title :
Plants of Zimbabwe as anti-fertility agents
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 253 - 257, (2010)
Symptoms :
H(112)
Recipes :
H(112) root of Aristolochia heppii used as abortifacients, infusion taken orally
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (Harare and surrounding rural areas)
Vernacular name :
chividze (Shona), wild dutchman's pipe (English)
Reference HU 02
Author(s) :
Urso, V., M. A. Signorini, M. Tonini , P. Bruschi
Title :
Wild medicinal and food plants used by communities living in Mopane woodlands of southern Angola: Results of an ethnobotanical field investigation
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 177, 126–139, (2016)
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068, 1) anthelmintic, belowground organs of Aristolochia heppii, RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
southern Angola
Vernacular name :
kaquanana
Reference HW 50
Author(s) :
Van Wyk, B.-E., Gericke, N.
Title :
Peoples Plants : A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa.
Brizza Publication. Pretoria (2000)
Symptoms :
H(112)
Recipes :
H(112) abortifacient, roots of Aristolochia heppii , RNS. (rregistered from reference HS 32 (Journal of Ethnopharmacology 86 (2003) 97–108))
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors