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Official name : Jatropha mahafalensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Family : Euphorbiaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HA 58
Author(s) : Andriamparany, J. N ., K. Brinkmann, V. Jeannoda, A. Buerkert
Title : Effects of socio-economic household characteristics on traditional knowledge and usage of wild yams and medicinal plants in the Mahafaly region of south-western Madagascar Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 10:82, (2014)
Symptoms : H(001)
Recipes : H(001) eye problems, leaves, sap or latex of Jatropha mahafalensis in the Mahafaly region, RNS.
Region : Madagascar
Country : South-western Madagascar (Mahafaly region)
Vernacular name : katratra
Reference HD 05
Author(s) : Decary, R.
Title : Les emplois des Euphorbiacées malgaches. Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 13, 467 - 473, (1966)
Symptoms : H(014), H(202)
Recipes : H(202) hair care, hair care with Jatropha mahafalensis oil , pure or mixed with fat beef or mutton.
H(014) scabies, betatra juice is used against scabies
Region : Madagascar
Country : Madagascar
Vernacular name : betatra, hatatra.