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Official name :
Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) F.White
Family :
Ebenaceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 40
Author(s) :
Bryant, A.T.
Title :
Zulu medicine and medicine-men.
C. Struik, ,1966. CapeTown (originally published in 1909 in the Ann. Natal Mus.). : from references HG 50, HB 50, HC 26, HL 22
Symptoms :
H(026), H(033)
Recipes :
H(026) dysmenorrhoea, H(033) infertility, ONS of Diospyros whyteana, RNS. (rregistered from reference HS 32 (Journal of Ethnopharmacology 86 (2003) 97–108))
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umtimatane (Zulu), black bark (English)
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(014)
Recipes :
pricking, itchy and irritating rask (munyavhili), ONS., RNS
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
munyavhili (Venda)
Reference HM 66
Author(s) :
Masevhe, N. A. , L. J. McGaw, J. N. Eloff
Title :
The traditional use of plants to manage candidiasis and related infections in Venda, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 168, 364–372 (2015)
Symptoms :
H(038)
Recipes :
H(038) candidiasis and related infections (makuma); dried leaves of Diospyros whyteana are put in hot water to make tea. Infusion is used as a douche
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
munya vhili (Tshivenda)
