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Reference : VA 1k
Author(s) :
Ainslie, J.R.
Title :
A list of plants used in native medicine in Nigeria.
Imperial Forestry Institute.University of Oxford, Institute Paper, n° 7, (1937)
Reference VA 1k has information about 5 plants :
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Official name :
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Symptoms :
V(006), V(104)
Recipes :
V(006), leaves, RNS. (also for humans)
V(104), infusion as cure for colic, ONS., RNS. (also for humans)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
araba
Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel
Official name :
Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Paradaniellia oliveri Rolfe
Symptoms :
V(014)
Recipes :
Veq(014), curing "thrush" in horses
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
iya
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Official name :
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(108)
Recipes :
Veq(108), pounded roots + tabac, mixed, at the size of a lemon
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
taba,taba-egba
Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
Official name :
Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Bauhinia reticulata DC.
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095), pods are edible, cattle food
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
abafe(Yoruba), kalga, kalgo (Hausa)
Ricinus communis L.
Official name :
Ricinus communis L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(006), V(108)
Recipes :
V(006), root's barks, powerful laxativeVeq(108), pounded roots + tabac, make a ball of a thickness of a lemon, horses influenza
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria
Vernacular name :
zurma
