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Official name : Justicia heterocarpa T.Anderson

Family : Acanthaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HA 49

Author(s) : Amri, E., D.P.Kisangau

Title : Ethnomedicinal study of plants used in villages around Kimboza forest reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 8:1 (2012) http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/pdf/1746-4269-8-1.pdf

Symptoms : H(020)

Recipes : H(020) snake bite, roots or leaves of Justicia heterocarpa crushed or pounded, VO.

Region : East Africa

Country : Tanzania (Kimboza forest reserve in Morogoro)

Vernacular name : mwidu

Reference HT 46

Author(s) : Tugume P., E. K. Kakudidi, M. Buyinza, J. Namaalwa, M. Kamatenesi, P. Mucunguzi, J. Kalema

Title : Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:5 (2016)

Symptoms : H(091), H(202)

Recipes : H(091) energy booster in pregnancy, crush leaves in cold H2O and bathe early morning
H(202) bad odour in women, pound leaves of Justicia heterocarpa add to H2O and wash private parts

Region : East Africa

Country : Uganda (Mabira Central Forest Reserve)

Vernacular name : kalaaza (Luganda)

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