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Official name : Agave americana subsp.americana

Family : Asparagaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HJ 10

Author(s) : Jacot Guillarmod, A

Title : Flora of Lesotho .Cramer, Lehre . From : The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: a review Bothalia 41,1: 209–228 (2011)

Symptoms : H(013)

Recipes : H(013) leaves for skin problems; leaf of Agave americana L.subsp .americana decoction containing the spines to wash sore feet

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Lesotho)

Vernacular name : lekhala[JG;lekhala-le-leputsoa

Reference HS 45

Author(s) : Seleteng Kose, L. , A. Moteetee, S. Van Vuuren

Title : Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the Maseru district of Lesotho Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 170, 184–200, (2015)

Symptoms : H(013), H(199)

Recipes : H(013) herpes, H(199) HIV and related infections, leaves of Agave americana subsp americana, RNS.

Region : South Africa

Country : Lesotho ( Maseru district)

Vernacular name : lekhala le leputsoa (Sesotho)

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