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Author(s) :
Lejeune, J.B.H.
Title :
Notes sur quelques plantes médicinales utilisées en pharmacothérapie par les natifs du Congo Belge et les Territoires du Ruanda-Urundi.
Archives AIMO, 1579/9052 , 1 page, (1928). Belgian foreign office,15 rue des Petits Carmes, Bruxelles 1000.
Reference HL 09 b has information about 10 plants :
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
Official name :
Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Carissa xylopicron Thouars
,
Carissa pubescens A. DC.
,
Carissa spinarum L.
Symptoms :
H(112)
Recipes :
H(112), roots Carissa edulis (umunyonza), RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umunyonza
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Official name :
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051), young leaves of Cassia didymobotrya, RNS
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umubagabaga
Datura stramonium L.
Official name :
Datura stramonium L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
H(037), H(082), H(115), H(109), H(113)
Recipes :
H(037) nervous cough, H(082), H(115), to smoke the leaves
H(109), H(113), leaves in lotion or cataplasm
H(109), H(113), leaves in lotion or cataplasm
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Belgian Congo (province of Coquilhatville) (Congo (Democratic republic))
Vernacular name :
not registered
Dryopteris pentheri (Krasser) C.Chr.
Official name :
Dryopteris pentheri (Krasser) C.Chr.
Family :
Dryopteridaceae
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), ascaris, tenias, bulb of Gladiolus quartinianus (ikilongo) + stems without leaves of Dryopteris pentheri (iraba) are pounded. maceration of the pulp which is pressed in ¼ l. cold H2O. VO. around 8H in the morning ; not to eat during 6 to 7 H. For childeren 100cc.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
iraba
Embelia schimperi Vatke
Official name :
Embelia schimperi Vatke
Family :
Myrsinaceae
Synonyms :
Embelia kilimandschari Gilg
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), to chew 20 to 30 fruits of Embelia schimperi (umukarakara) + latex of Euphorbia sp.(ikihahe) on a banana (very dangerous!) + bulb of Gladiolus quartinianus, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umukarakara
Euphorbia sp.
Official name :
Euphorbia sp.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), to chew 20 to 30 fruits of Embelia schimperi (umukarakara) + latex of Euphorbia sp.(ikihahe) on a banan (very dangerous!) + bulb of Gladiolus quartinianus, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
ikihahe
Lagenaria rufa (Gilg) Jeffrey
Official name :
Lagenaria rufa (Gilg) Jeffrey
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051), fruits of Lagenaria rufa (umutanga) cooked under warm ashes; The juice added added with urine of bovine, VO.?
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umutanga
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Official name :
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Synonyms :
Momordica schimperiana Naud.
Symptoms :
H(006), H(068), H(099), H(104)
Recipes :
H(006), H(068), H(099) + H( 104), leaves of Momordica foetida (umwisha), RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umwisha
Ocimum canum Sims
Official name :
Ocimum canum Sims
Family :
Lamiaceae
Symptoms :
H(018), H(051)
Recipes :
H(018), H(051), Ocimum canum (nteta-nkako) frictions with stem with flowerss
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Belgian Congo (province of Coquilhatville) (Congo (Democratic republic))
Vernacular name :
nteta-nkako
Vernonia amygdalina Delile
Official name :
Vernonia amygdalina Delile
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Vernonia senegalensis A. Chev.
,
Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip. Ex Walp.
Symptoms :
H(051)
Recipes :
H(051), leaves of Vernonia amygdalina pounded, maceration in tepid H2O , VO. the morning on an empty stomach (vomit)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo Belgian Congo and the territories of Ruanda-Urundi (Congo (Democratic republic) and Burundi republic and Rwanda republic)
Vernacular name :
umubilisi