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Official name :
Asclepias fruticosa L.
Family :
Apocynaceae
9 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HD 25
Author(s) :
Dyubeni, L. and L. V. Buwa
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment of ear, nose and throat (ENT) infections in Nkonkobe Municipality, South Africa
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 6(14), pp. 2721-2726, 16 April, 2012
http://www.academicjournals.org/JMPR/PDF/pdf2012/16Apr/Dyubeni%20and%20Buwa.pdf
Symptoms :
H(108)
Recipes :
H(108) nose infections (Izilonda empumlweni, Umongoza), leaves are dried and powdered and are snuffed.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (municipality of Nkonkobe)
Vernacular name :
igwada (Xhosa)
Reference HD 27
Author(s) :
Dold, A.P. & M.L. Cocks
Title :
The medicinal use of some weeds, problem and alien plants in the Grahamstown and Peddie districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
South African Journal of Science 96 , 467– 473. (2000)
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018) head ache, leaves of Asclepias fruticosa dried and powdered, used as a snuff
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Grahamstowm & Peddie districts)
Vernacular name :
igwada
Reference HE 51
Author(s) :
Erasmus, L. J. Cl. , M. J. Potgieter & S. S. Semenya
Title :
Erectile dysfunction: Definition and materia medica of Bapedi traditional healers in Limpopo province, South Africa
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. Vol. 9(3), pp. 71-77, 17 February, 2015
Symptoms :
H(139)
Recipes :
H(139) erectile dysfunction, a piece root of Asclepias fruticosa RNS. (Recipe collected in the municipality of Lephalale )
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Limpopo province)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HH 15
Author(s) :
Hutchings, A.
Title :
Observations on plant usage in Xhosa and Zulu medicine
Bothalia 19, 2 : pp 225 - 235 (1989)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea and H(104) stomach pain in children, infusion of leaf and root (From ref : HL 22)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa,
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) infertility, stomach troubles, roots of Asclepias fruticosa, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
mutshulwa (Venda)
Reference VH 16
Author(s) :
Hulme, M.M.
Title :
Wild Flowers of Natal.
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg. (1954) (partially from HC 26)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea and H(104) stomach pain in children, infusion of leaf and root (From ref : HL 22)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa,
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VM 37
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
MSc Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990) appendix from the Thesis
Symptoms :
H(104)
Recipes :
H(104) stomach ailments, leaves decoctions (From ref : HL 22)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa,
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VM 37
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
MSc Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990) appendix from the Thesis
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) infertility, roots of Asclepias fruticosa, RNS. (rregistered from reference HS 32 (Journal of Ethnopharmacology 86 (2003) 97–108))
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
mutshulwa (Vhavenda), milkweed (English)
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
H(008), H(104)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhoea and H(104) stomach pain in children, infusion of leaf and root (From ref : HL 22)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa,
Vernacular name :
not registered