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Official name : Acacia caffra (Thunb) Wild.

Family : Fabaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HB 59

Author(s) : Bhat R.B. , T.V. Jacobs

Title : Traditional herbal medicine in Transkei Journal of Ethnopharmacology 48, 7-12 (1995)

Symptoms : H(051), H(108)

Recipes : H(051) fever and H(108) cold, filtered decoction of leaves of Acacia caffra, VO. a cup-full twice daily

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Transkei)

Vernacular name : um ngamanzi, um toli, um nyamanzi (Xhosa); water thorn, kaffir thorn, cat thorn, gum tree, common hook thorn (English)

Reference HM 66

Author(s) : Masevhe, N. A. , L. J. McGaw, J. N. Eloff

Title : The traditional use of plants to manage candidiasis and related infections in Venda, South Africa Journal of Ethnopharmacology 168, 364–372 (2015)

Symptoms : H(038)

Recipes : H(038) candidiasis and related infections (makuma); leaves of Acacia caffra dried, burnt and mixed with animal fats, Applied directly on mouth ulcers or vaginal ulcers

Region : South Africa

Country : South Africa (Venda country)

Vernacular name : murovhambado (Tshivenda)

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