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Description :
hedge
3 plants found in 2 reference(s) :
Erythrina sigmoidea Hua :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Erythrina sigmoidea Hua
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(178), H(203), H(242)
Recipes :
H(178) heart dysfunction;the bark Erythrina sigmoidea is pounded with salt, whose juice is taken by a patient
H(203) the wood is used to make a mortar and a ladder
H(242) It can easily take root and is planted as a fence around the house
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
H(203) the wood is used to make a mortar and a ladder
H(242) It can easily take root and is planted as a fence around the house
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
kigokwa; kigofwa (Kinyindu)
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(093), H(207), H(242)
Recipes :
H(093) antitoxin; pound the tuber of Anomatheca sp. "kamwaaga" , burn it together with the leaves of Euphorbia candelabrum "mubamba " and namalimbwe (unknown) into ashes, and lick the ashes
H(207) the leaves of Euphorbia candelabrum are pounded and used as fish poison
H(242) Euphorbia candelabrum tree planted around the house as a fence
H(207) the leaves of Euphorbia candelabrum are pounded and used as fish poison
H(242) Euphorbia candelabrum tree planted around the house as a fence
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
mubamba (Kinyindu)
Lantana camara L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Lantana camara L.
Family :
Verbenaceae
Synonyms :
Lantana antidotalis Thonning.
Reference HT 53
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(215), H(242), V(095)
Recipes :
H(242) plant of Lantana camara is grown as a hedge.
H(215) Birds like the fruit, so they are used as the bait of bird-traps called "ndeti. It is said that the spines cause rush called "upele" (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
V(095) The fruits are eaten by birds, particularly by greenbuls, and used as baits for trapping them (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(215) Birds like the fruit, so they are used as the bait of bird-traps called "ndeti. It is said that the spines cause rush called "upele" (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
V(095) The fruits are eaten by birds, particularly by greenbuls, and used as baits for trapping them (Mbuti Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
mandima (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)), amakurumbe (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)