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Reference : VL 09
Author(s) :
Lejeune, J.B.H.
Title :
Quelques plantes médicinales spontanées (utilisées par les indigènes du Ruanda-Urundi).
Servir, (Groupe scolaire Astrida), 1, 4, 20 - 25 & 1, 5, 26 - 31, (1940)
Reference VL 09 has information about 3 plants :
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Official name :
Momordica foetida Schumach.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Synonyms :
Momordica schimperiana Naud.
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) calf, ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda, Burundi (ex. Ruanda-Urundi) (ex. Belgian protectorate)
Vernacular name :
umwisha (Kinyarwanda)
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Official name :
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(030)
Recipes :
Vb(030), leaves, decoction H2O, VO. or insufflate the smoke in the mouth
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda, Burundi (ex. Ruanda-Urundi) (ex. Belgian protectorate)
Vernacular name :
itabi (Kinyarwanda)
Sonchus sp.
Official name :
Sonchus sp.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
V(002)
Recipes :
Vb(002), 4 to 5 feets, rumpled in salted H2O, VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda, Burundi (ex. Ruanda-Urundi) (ex. Belgian protectorate)
Vernacular name :
ikivuzo (Kinyarwanda)
