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Reference : HL 1k

Author(s) : Leedal, G.P.
Title : 50 (Fifty) common plants of the upland grasslands, Southern Highlands, Tanzania.Biology Section MATI-Mbeya, Tanzania, 54 p., (1975)Multigraphié.Center for Economic Botany, Royal Botanic Gardens.Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Reference HL 1k has information about 10 plants :
Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Official name : Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.
Family : Asteraceae
Symptoms : H(037)
Recipes : H(037), coughing, ONS., RNS
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Official name : Asparagus racemosus Willd.
Family : Asparagaceae
Symptoms : H(000)
Recipes : H(000), roots , RNS.
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Chenopodium procerum Hochst. ex Moq.
Official name : Chenopodium procerum Hochst. ex Moq.
Family : Amaranthaceae
Symptoms : H(051)
Recipes : H(051), ONS., RNS.
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Clematopsis scabiosifolia (DC.) Hutch.
Official name : Clematopsis scabiosifolia (DC.) Hutch.
Family : Ranunculaceae
Symptoms : H(037)
Recipes : H(037),coughing, ONS., RNS
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Iboza multiflora (Benth.) E.A. Bruce
Official name : Iboza multiflora (Benth.) E.A. Bruce
Family : Lamiaceae
Symptoms : H(068), H(068), H(112), H(113)
Recipes : H(068), ONS., RNS.
H(068) bilharziosis, roots, RNS.
H(112), ( in Malila), ONS., RNS.
H(113), rhumatism, ONS., RNS.
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Official name : Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family : Phytolaccaceae
Synonyms : Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm.
Symptoms : H(006), H(068), H(092)
Recipes : H(006) roots, purgative (small dosis), RNS.
H(068) taenia, H(092), could be dangerous in large amount, ONS., RNS
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Ricinus communis L.
Official name : Ricinus communis L.
Family : Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms : H(004), H(006), H(027y)
Recipes : H(004), seeds pounded boiled H2O, oil skimmed, oil rubber , RNS.
H(006), constipation, seeds pounded boiled H2O, oil skimmed, oil rubber , RNS.H(027y) baby, seeds pounded boiled H2O, oil skimmed, oil rubber for baby at birth, RNS.
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.
Official name : Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.
Family : Polygonaceae
Symptoms : H(000), H(100)
Recipes : H(000), H(100) syph. and different purposes, ONS., RNS.
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Rumex bequaertii De Wild.
Official name : Rumex bequaertii De Wild.
Family : Polygonaceae
Symptoms : H(000), H(100)
Recipes : H(000), H(100) syph. and different purposes, ONS., RNS
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered
Rumex usambarensis (Dammer) Dammer
Official name : Rumex usambarensis (Dammer) Dammer
Family : Polygonaceae
Symptoms : H(000), H(100)
Recipes : H(000), H(100) syph. and different purposes, ONS., RNS
Region : East Africa
Country : Tanzania
Vernacular name : not registered