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Official name : Josephinia africana Vatke
Family : Pedaliaceae

1 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HK 52
Author(s) : Kokwaro, J. O.
Title : Some common african herbal remedies for skin diseases: with special reference to Kenya Medicinal and poisonous plants of the tropics. Proceedings of symposium of the 14th International botanical congress, Berlin, 24 july - 1 august 1987, 44-69, (1987)
Symptoms : H(004)
Recipes : H(004) wound, roots of Josephinia africana pounded into powdery form, mixed with sheep's fat and used for dressing the wound.
Region : East Africa
Country : Kenya
Vernacular name : comudu (Boni)