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Official name : Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Cesati & de Notaris

Family : Xylariaceae

3 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HO 13

Author(s) : Oso, B. A.

Title : Mushrooms in Yoruba Mythology and Medicinal Practices Economic Botany, 32 : 367-371 (1971)

Symptoms : H(028t)

Recipes : H(028t) leucorrhoea, Calvatia cyathiformis ground with another fungus, Daldinia concentrica and mixed with the African black soap, The soap corn pound is used by the patient for washing her vagina at prescribed intervals.

Region : West Africa

Country : Nigeria (Southwestern, Yoruba people)

Vernacular name : not communicated by the author

Reference HO 24

Author(s) : Okigbo R. N. , C. M. Nwatu

Title : Ethnostudy and Usage of Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms in Some Parts of Anambra State, Nigeria Natural Resources, 6, 79-89, (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/nr.2015.61008

Symptoms : H(091), H(104)

Recipes : H(104) stomach upset and H(091) weakness of body in both men and women, crush into powder Daldinia concentrica, mix with warm water and VO. the filtrate

Region : West Africa

Country : Anambra State, Nigeria

Vernacular name : ero okpurukpu

Reference HT 52

Author(s) : Teke, N. A. , T. R. Kinge, E. Bechem, T. M. Nji, L. M. Ndam and A. M. Mih

Title : Ethnomycological study in the Kilum-Ijim mountain forest, Northwest Region, Cameroon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:25 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0225-8

Symptoms : H(151)

Recipes : H(151) hypertension, mushroom of Daldinia concentrica, sliced and boiled with other herbs, VO.

Region : Central Africa

Country : Cameroon (Northwest Region)

Vernacular name : awo’oh fuka (Belo, Kiwoh)

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