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Official name : Olystachya odorata Lindl.

Family : Orchidaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HS 23

Author(s) : Simbo, D. J.

Title : An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Babungo, Northwest Region, Cameroon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 6:8 (2010) + Additional file of: An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants in Babungo, Northwest Region, Cameroon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 6:8 (2010)

Symptoms : H(104)

Recipes : H(104) stomachache, whole plant of Polystachya odorata is dried in a hot pot, ground into a fine powder, mixed wit palm oil, VO.

Region : Central Africa

Country : Cameroun

Vernacular name : not registered

Reference HV 54

Author(s) : Van der Veen, L.J., S. Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga

Title : Une société traditionnelle noire africaine et ses plantes utiles : les Eviya du Gabon Document submitted for publication http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van der Veen/Van der Veen_à paraître_a.pdf

Symptoms : H(006), H(033), H(068)

Recipes : H(006) purgative and H(068) vermifuge, barks of Omphalocarpum pierreanum , RNS.
H(033) male infertility ONS., RNS.

Region : West Africa

Country : Gabon (Eviya habitat)

Vernacular name : (ge-)buku+buku , (Eviya language)

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