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Description :
poison, poisoning, toxic, curarizing
128 plants found in 63 reference(s) :
Abrus precatorius L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Abrus precatorius L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Abrus precatorius, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Acacia karroo Hayne :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia karroo Hayne
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
MSc Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990) appendix from the Thesis
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) tulip poisoning food in cattle
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
muuunga (Venda)
Acacia pennata Willd. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia pennata Willd.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), leaves, fishing poison, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
(Krou) : né, nra, lakhié ; (Shien) : kwétié; (Yacouba) : danguéyé; (Attié) mala, (Abidji) : m'ba
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. :
4 reference(s)
Official name :
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HM 28
Author(s) :
Mandu, P., D. J. Berger, C., ole Saitabau, C., Nasieku, J. Kipelian, M. Mathenge, S.G., Morimoto, Y., Höft
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Loita Maasai: Towards community management of the forest of the lost child - Experiences from the Loita Ethnobotany project.
People and Plants working paper 8. UNESCO, Paris (2001)
http://www.regkew.org.uk/peopleplants/wp/wp8/index.html
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrow poison, decoction during 10 h of the plant. A sticky black substance is applied on the arrow tip
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Naimina Enkiyio (Loita) Forest)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HM 34
Author(s) :
Maundu, P., D. Berger, C. Ole Saitabau, J. Nasieku, M. Kipelian, S. Mathenge, Y. Morimoto, R. Höft
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Loita Maasai.
People and Plants Working Paper 8. Unesco, Paris, 34 p. (2001)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) all parts of the plant can be used. Stems, roots, or even leaves, are put in a large container, filled with water and boiled for up to 10 hours in a secluded area. Once all the water has evaporated, a thick sticky black substance is left in the container.This substance is then cut into pieces, put into containers or wrapped and stored away from people. Arrow poison is applied on arrow tips. The arrows are used for hunting and for self defence. Once introduced into the blood system the poison can kill in 20 minutes. The hunter gatherers who lived in Loita Forest were known for their expertise in poison-making and hunting, using poisoned arrows.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Naimina Enkiyio (Loita) Forest)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference VA 40
Author(s) :
Angenot, L.
Title :
De l'existence en Afrique Centrale d'un poison de flèche curarisant, issu du Strychnos usambarensis Gilg
Annales pharmaceutiques françaises, 29, no 5-6, pp. 353-364 (1971)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrows poison (Banyambo tribe hunter) The root barks and leaves of Strychnos usambarensis exert an curarising activity which is reinforced with leaves and roots of Acokanthera schimperi.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
rnushegwe
Reference VG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrows, combustion soot, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
merz (Amarinya), keraro (Tigrinya), oboyo, wabayo, ghedulajo (Somali), karacha (Sidamo), mephteh, mephthi, merenz (Tigrinya)
Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roemer & Schultes var. multiflorum
Reference VG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092)fish, ONS, RNS
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roemer & Schultes :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roemer & Schultes
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Nerium obesum Forssk.
,
Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov.
,
Adenium honghel A.DC.
Reference HC 32
Author(s) :
Carrière, M.
Title :
Plantes de Guinée à l' usage des éleveurs et des véterinaires
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire.
CIRAD-EMVT 10, rue Pierre-Curie 94704 Maisons-Alfort Cedex -France
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) toxic plant for livestock.(HC 29 Curasson 1938 ).
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
boulou kourané (Malinké), boulou kourouné, dindji pété.(Poular), kidi sarané (Soussou).
Reference HW 10
Author(s) :
Weiss. E. A.
Title :
Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen
Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) poison used on arrows and in fishing can be obtained from the pulp of the tap-root of Adenium obesum and a more efficient (cardiac) poison is obtained from the seeds.
Region :
East Africa (Costal regions)
Country :
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Vernacular name :
mdagu, wanja (Swahili), mwadiga (Duruma), sarba arba ( Boran),
Reference VA 35
Author(s) :
Adamu Harami M. , O.J. Abayeh, M.O. Agho, A.L. Abdullahi, A. Uba, H.U. Dukku & and B.M. WufemTesfaye Kebede, Kelbessa Urga, Kidist Yersaw, Teklele Biza, Bisrat Haile Mariam & Mulugeta GutaYersaw, Teklele Biza, Bisrat Haile Mariam & Mulugeta Guta
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of Bauchi State herbal plants and their antimicrobial activity.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 97, pp.421-427 (2005)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fish poisoning , bark, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria (Bauchi state)
Vernacular name :
kariya
Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Albizia coriaria Welw. ex Oliv.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VB 25M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
La médecine traditionnelle au centre et à l'ouest de l'Angola.
Ministério da ciênciae da tecnologia. Instituto de investigaçâo cientifica tropical. Lisboa - p. 531 (1996) (ISBN : 972-672-858-4)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), barks of Albizia coriaria, fishing poison
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (in the country of Cuanza Norte, Malanje, Quela)
Vernacular name :
palangonga (Kimbundu), zende (Malanje), zuembe, zuemba (Cuanza Norte)
Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Sm. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Albizia gummifera (J.F.Gmel.) C.A.Sm.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the bark of Albizia gummifera is powdered and pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Ituri, Mawanbo, Mambasa, Haut-Zaire)
Vernacular name :
kamgba (Mbuti)
Albizia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Albizia sp.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), Albizia spp., plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system for ruminants with syndroms of hypersensitivity and convulsions
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Müll. Arg. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Alchornea cordifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Müll. Arg.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Alchornea cordata Benth.
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the root of Alchornea cordifolia is pounded together with other plants to make arrow poison (Bumba), but this information is denied by Selanbongo, another Mbutiman of 50's.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
epese (Mbuti)
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, latex of Carica papaya, stem of Alchornea cordifolia, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 24 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
V(092) fishing poison, stems barks and fruits of Parkia biglobosa, stems barks of Alchornea cordifolia.Theses plants are trown into dammed streams
V(092) fishing poison, stems barks and fruits of Parkia biglobosa, stems barks of Alchornea cordifolia.Theses plants are trown into dammed streams
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria (Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
upia (Igede)
Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anchomanes difformis (Bl.) Engl.
Family :
Araceae
Reference HA 29 c
Author(s) :
Tanno, T.
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies and the Bira farmers in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Mawambo and Teturi villages (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the plant of Anchomanes difformis is used to make arrow poison.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
sikili (Bira, Mbuti), asikpi (Bira, Mbuti)
Annona muricata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Annona muricata L.
Family :
Annonaceae
Reference VB 1k
Author(s) :
Bekele-Tesemma, A., A. Birnie & B. Tengnäs
Title :
The useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia.Identification, propagation and management for agricultural and pastoral communities.Regional Soil Conservation Unit.Swedish International Development Authority.
Technical handbook n° 5, 472 p., (1993) CFSCDD P.O. Box 62347, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) kill fish, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
not registered
Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anogeissus leiocarpa (DC.) Guill. & Perr.
Family :
Combretaceae
Synonyms :
Anogeissus schimperi Hochst. ex Hutch. & Dalziel
Reference VA 12
Author(s) :
Ake Assi, L., J. Abeye, S. Guinko, R. Giguet, X. Bangavou
Title :
Contribution à l'identification et au recensement des plantes utilisées dans la médecine traditionnelle et la pharmacopée en République Centrafricaine.
Agence de Coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), Paris, 139 p., (1981)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
V(092) fish toxic, barks stem, branch, trunk, to pound, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic
Vernacular name :
tara (North Centrafrique)
Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg
Family :
Gentianaceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the leaves , bark, or root of Anthocleista grandiflora are pounded together with other plants to make arrow poison.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
mukpou (Efe)
Aphania senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Radlk. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aphania senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Radlk.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Reference HK 51
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Les plantes médicinales, toxiques et magiques des Niominka et des Socé des Iles du Saloum (Sénégal)
Acta tropica, Suppl. 8, 279 - 334 (1964)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vo(092) toxic seeds, cherry of Aphania senegalensis are toxic for sheep (indicated on several occasions by Niominka)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal (Saloun island)
Vernacular name :
iboudj, boudj, boutj (Niominka)
Arachis hypogaea L. :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Arachis hypogaea L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VS 01
Author(s) :
Saikhou, B.
Title :
L'élevage au Fouta-Djallon (régions de Timbo et Labé).
Bull. Institut français d'Afrique Noire, Paris, Librairie Larose I, 2 - 3, 630 - 644, (1939)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) poisoning by grass, paste + wite cola pounded, VO
Region :
East Africa
Country :
South and East Africa, Guinea Conakry (Fouta-Djallon)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VS 01
Author(s) :
Saikhou, B.
Title :
L'élevage au Fouta-Djallon (régions de Timbo et Labé).
Bull. Institut français d'Afrique Noire, Paris, Librairie Larose I, 2 - 3, 630 - 644, (1939)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) poisoning by grass, paste + wite cola pounded, VO
Region :
West, East and South Africa
Country :
South and East Africa, Guinea Conakry (Fouta-Djallon)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VS 01
Author(s) :
Saikhou, B.
Title :
L'élevage au Fouta-Djallon (régions de Timbo et Labé).
Bull. Institut français d'Afrique Noire, Paris, Librairie Larose I, 2 - 3, 630 - 644, (1939)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) poisoning by grass, paste + wite cola pounded, VO
Region :
West, East and South Africa
Country :
South and East Africa, Guinea Conakry (Fouta-Djallon)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Delile
Family :
Zygophyllaceae
Synonyms :
Balanites gillettii Cufod.
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison de pêche, pounded barks in H2O
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
adoua (Haoussa), gongo (Dagari), saakouin (Gourounsi), kia kalaka, tia galgha (Mossi), talé (Peuhl), kankoabou, boupapabou (Gourmantché), sereno, séréné (Malinké), séguiné, ségainé (Bambara)
Reference VA 03
Author(s) :
Ake-Assi, Y.A.
Title :
Contribution au recensement des espèces végétales utilisées traditionnellement sur le plan zootechnique et vétérinaire en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Thèse de doctorat (Sc. Vétérinaires), Lyon, Université Claude Bernard, 220 p., (1992)
Symptoms :
V(001), V(041), V(045), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(001), maceration from fresh leaves, instilation eyes (conjonctivitis)
Vb(041), roots, decoction H2O, charcoal
Vb(045), powder from dried barks
Vp(092), fishing poison
Vb(041), roots, decoction H2O, charcoal
Vb(045), powder from dried barks
Vp(092), fishing poison
Region :
West Africa
Country :
West Africa (sahelian zone)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Basella alba L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Basella alba L.
Family :
Basellaceae
Synonyms :
Basella rubra L.
Reference VB 17
Author(s) :
Bekalo, I., M. Keengwe, E. Mathias, P. Mundy & al.
Title :
ITDG and IIRR. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya.A field manual of traditional animal health care practice.Intermediate Technology Development Group and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi, Kenya, 226 p., (1996)
Symptoms :
V(030), V(092), V(094)
Recipes :
Vb(030), pounded leaves, 2 kg in 1l. H2O, thicken mixture,VO., 1 half in the morning, the other half in the evening
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba , leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium ashes, the whole in 1l. H2O + 50 gr. OMO or a little piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + much H2O after
Vb(117, 4), Vc(117, 4), Vo(117, 4), pounded leaves, 1/2 kgr. + 0,5 l. H2O, maceration, VO., 1/2 l. / day during 3 days, adult live stock, the others half portion. - Not to boil the soaked !
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba , leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium ashes, the whole in 1l. H2O + 50 gr. OMO or a little piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + much H2O after
Vb(117, 4), Vc(117, 4), Vo(117, 4), pounded leaves, 1/2 kgr. + 0,5 l. H2O, maceration, VO., 1/2 l. / day during 3 days, adult live stock, the others half portion. - Not to boil the soaked !
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Kipsigi) (Embu) (Gikuyu, Luo)
Vernacular name :
deremiat (Kipsigi), murerema (Embu)
Bridelia ferruginea Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Bridelia ferruginea Benth.
Family :
Phyllanthaceae
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, stem of Bridelia ferruginea, roots of Parkia biglobosa of Piliostigma thonningii, leaves of Sterculia setigera, latex of Euphorbia poissoni, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 4 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
ora (Igede)
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baillon :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baillon
Family :
Phyllanthaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), According to some Mbuti, the inner side of the bark is powdered and pounded together with other plants to make an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
enjeku (Mbuti).The caterpillars feeding on the leaves are also called <enjeku>
Brucea antidysenterica J.F. Mill. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Brucea antidysenterica J.F. Mill.
Family :
Simaroubaceae
Reference HB 32
Author(s) :
Bussmann, R.W.
Title :
Ethnobotany of the Samburu of Mt. Nyirun South Turkana, Kenya.
Additional File
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2:35 (2006)
Symptoms :
V(092), V(095)
Recipes :
V(092)arrowpoison, ONS., RNS.
Vo(095), Vc(095), ONS., VO.
Vo(095), Vc(095), ONS., VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Mt Nyiru, South Turkana)
Vernacular name :
lorubat
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Asclepias procera Aiton
Reference HC 32
Author(s) :
Carrière, M.
Title :
Plantes de Guinée à l' usage des éleveurs et des véterinaires
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire.
CIRAD-EMVT 10, rue Pierre-Curie 94704 Maisons-Alfort Cedex -France
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Calotropis procera, toxic, for livestock
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Republic of Guinea
Vernacular name :
mpompompogolo, ngouyo (Malinké), pampam (Poular), roustonnier (French)
Reference HL 11
Author(s) :
Lemordant, D.
Title :
Contribution à l'ethnobotanique éthiopienne.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 18, 1 - 35, 142 - 179, (1971)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing, latex, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
t'op' iya
Reference HM 33
Author(s) :
Malgras, D. (R.P.)
Title :
Arbres et arbustes guérisseurs des savanes maliennes.
Editions Karthala, 22 - 24, boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris, 480 p. (1992)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrow poison, latex of Calotropis procera
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
tumfafiya, sukunaji bara (Bambara), pomponpogolo (Malinke), solijongo (Minyanka), komitigi, tomitigi (Senoufo), pupu (Bwa), bamanbè (Peuhl)
Capparis tomentosa Lam. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Capparis tomentosa Lam.
Family :
Capparaceae
Synonyms :
Capparis polymorpha Guill. & Pers.
,
Capparis persicifolia A.Rich.
Reference VG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vch(092), purgative from grease of sheep or goat + milk
Vc(092), sudden dead
Vc(092), sudden dead
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
gomor (Somali), gemaro (Amarinya), andal (Tiigrinya)
Carica papaya L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Carica papaya L.
Family :
Caricaceae
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, latex of Carica papaya, stem of Alchornea cordifolia, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 24 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
ugboja (Igede)
Cassia didymobotrya Fres. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby
Reference VL 12
Author(s) :
Lewalle, J. & F.M. Rodegem
Title :
Plantes médicinales du Burundi.
Quart. Journ. Crude Drug Research, VIII - 3, 1257-1270, (1968)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Burundi
Vernacular name :
umubagabaga (Kirundi)
Cassia spectabilis DC. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cassia spectabilis DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna spectabilis (DC.) Irwin & Barneby
Reference VB 17
Author(s) :
Bekalo, I., M. Keengwe, E. Mathias, P. Mundy & al.
Title :
ITDG and IIRR. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya.A field manual of traditional animal health care practice.Intermediate Technology Development Group and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi, Kenya, 226 p., (1996)
Symptoms :
V(068), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(068)worms, Vc(068)worms, Vo(068)worms, Cassia spectabilis + Tamarindus indica + Dryopteris sp. , roots, 3l, H2O, decoction 30', filter, cooled, VO, well feed
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba , leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium ashes, the whole in 1l. H2O + 50 gr. OMO or a little piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + much H2O after
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba , leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium ashes, the whole in 1l. H2O + 50 gr. OMO or a little piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + much H2O after
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Embu)
Vernacular name :
mwinu, mwina (Embu)
Celtis mildbraedii Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Celtis mildbraedii Engl.
Family :
Ulmaceae
Synonyms :
Celtis soyauxii Engl.
Reference VB 25M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
La médecine traditionnelle au centre et à l'ouest de l'Angola.
Ministério da ciênciae da tecnologia. Instituto de investigaçâo cientifica tropical. Lisboa - p. 531 (1996) (ISBN : 972-672-858-4)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, pounded leaves of Celtis mildbraedii in H2O
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (regions of Cuanza Sul, Seles)
Vernacular name :
(oka) hongolo (Umbundu)
Celtis philippensis Blanco :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Celtis philippensis Blanco
Family :
Ulmaceae
Synonyms :
Celtis brownii Rendle
,
Celtis prantlii Priemer ex Engl.
Reference VB 25M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
La médecine traditionnelle au centre et à l'ouest de l'Angola.
Ministério da ciênciae da tecnologia. Instituto de investigaçâo cientifica tropical. Lisboa - p. 531 (1996) (ISBN : 972-672-858-4)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, pounded leaves de Celtis philippensis
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (regions of Cuanza Sul, Seles)
Vernacular name :
(oka) hongolo (Umbundu)
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Vis. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium (Trevir.) Vis.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VD 03
Author(s) :
Defour, G.
Title :
Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994)
Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE
Symptoms :
V(039), V(092)
Recipes :
V(039), V(092)cold blood animal, (toxic only for the cold-blooded animals) and kill the parasites, the louses, ticks, etc., ONS. RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name :
pireteri (shi)
Cissampelos pareira L.T :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cissampelos pareira L.T
Family :
Menispermaceae
Reference HD 38
Author(s) :
Daruty, C. (Dr)
Title :
Plantes Médicinales de l'Ile Maurice et des Pays Intertropicaux (p. 215)
General Steam Printing Company, 6, rue du Gouvernement - Maurice (1886)
https://archive.org/details/b24400270
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) poison for ruminants, leaves of Cissampelos pareira
Region :
Mauritius
Country :
Mauritius
Vernacular name :
pareira brava (Creole) , poui poui noushti (Tamoul)
Cissus aralioides (Baker) Planch. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cissus aralioides (Baker) Planch.
Family :
Vitaceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the root of Cissus aralioides is used for making an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
amasongosongo (Mbuti)
Cissus quadrangularis L. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
pougomé (Tagouana, Guimini), ourou dé ouloko (Dioula)
Reference VK 12
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 384 - 444 , 543 - 599, (1964)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092), toxic
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
indumo, innu, adinéo (Peul, Tocolor)
Combretum nigricans Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Combretum nigricans Lepr. ex Guill. & Perr.
Family :
Combretaceae
Synonyms :
Combretum elliotii Engl. & Diels
Reference HM 33
Author(s) :
Malgras, D. (R.P.)
Title :
Arbres et arbustes guérisseurs des savanes maliennes.
Editions Karthala, 22 - 24, boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris, 480 p. (1992)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, decoction of leaves of Combretum nigricans
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
samabili, jirinimble (Bambara), kotoro, samanbili (Malinke), nafongo, kashinyire (Minyanka), nafungo (Senoufo), guzon-kèèlè (Dogon), dokigori (pe), macomina (Bwa), nihipwin (Bobo-fing)
Reference VN 15
Author(s) :
Natabou Dégbé, F.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude de la médecine et de la Pharmacopée traditionnelles au Bénin: Tentatives d'intégration dans le système de santé officiel.
Thèse pour l'obtention du diplôme de Docteur en Pharmacie de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop (Dipl ôme d'état), 138 p., Juillet 1991
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, branches and leaves of Combretum nigricans in H20
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Benin
Vernacular name :
dokigori, bouhiki (Peuhl), chiriri, dagéra (Haoussa), hégnimalé, koudékoudé (Fon), koulogoutémini (Bariba), moufopaïe, alémébé (Samba)
Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Commiphora africana (A. Rich.) Engl.
Family :
Burseraceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the larva of the beetle Diamphidia, from wich San make their arrow poison, feeds exclusirely on these trees
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Botswana (Kalahari)
Vernacular name :
za (Bushman) (Kalahari central)
Cotula nigellifolia (DC.) K. Bremer & Humphries :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cotula nigellifolia (DC.) K. Bremer & Humphries
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Cotula nigellifolia, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle with syndroms of disorientation, head pressing
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Crotalaria aegyptiaca Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Crotalaria aegyptiaca Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference B5 Nord
Author(s) :
Boulos, L.
Title :
Medicinal plants of North Africa.
Reference Publications, Inc., 218 St. Clair River Drive, Box 344, Algonac, Michigan 48001, 286p. , (1983)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), green plant grazed by camels and desert gazelles, poisonous to sheep and goats if grazed in large quantities (Bedouins, Egypt)
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Egypt
Vernacular name :
natash. (Arabic), rattle-box (English), crotalaire (local French)
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Croton macrostachyus Hochst. ex Del.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092)fishing, seeds and the resins are toxic and are used as a fish poison.The resin is more toxic than rotenone.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
bissana (Amarinya), makanissa, badessa, alaleh, dogoma (Galinya), wush, masincho (Sidama), ambuk, tambuk, tambush, berberi-islami (Tigrinya)
Cucumis sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cucumis sp.
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Cucumis spp., plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Cynanchum sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cynanchum sp.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), Cynanchum spp., plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system for ruminants and horses with syndroms of hypersensitivity, , incoordination, convulsions and paralysis
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Daniellia oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Paradaniellia oliveri Rolfe
Reference VK 28
Author(s) :
Koné, W. M., K. Kamanzi Atindehou
Title :
Ethnobotanical inventory of medicinal plants used in traditional veterinaty medicine in Northern Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa).
South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, pp. 76 - 84, (2008)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0254629907003651
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) tonic, stem bark of Daniellia oliveri decoction, VO., 1 l., 1 X / daily
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast (Northern)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Datura metel L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Datura metel L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Datura alba Nees
,
Datura fastuosa L.
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), arrows poison, juice from leaves of Datura fastuosa + latex of Periploca nigricans
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
stramoine d'Egypte
Datura stramonium L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Datura stramonium L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference VB 17
Author(s) :
Bekalo, I., M. Keengwe, E. Mathias, P. Mundy & al.
Title :
ITDG and IIRR. Ethnoveterinary medicine in Kenya.A field manual of traditional animal health care practice.Intermediate Technology Development Group and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Nairobi, Kenya, 226 p., (1996)
Symptoms :
V(014), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(014)tinea, Vc(014)tinea, Vo(014)tinea, some leaves (toxic) when the plant is in flowers, pounded, greenish juice, friction, to cover with some fat to prevent the evaporation of the juice
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba, leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium asheses, the whole in 1 l. H2O + 50 gr OMO or a small piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + then many H2O
Vb(092), Vc(092), Vo(092), Cassia spectabilis + Basella alba, leaves, 1 handfull + Datura stramonium asheses, the whole in 1 l. H2O + 50 gr OMO or a small piece of soap, well to mix, VO. 1/2 l. + then many H2O
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Embu)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Dioscorea buchananii Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Dioscorea buchananii Benth.
Family :
Dioscoreaceae
Reference VG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medical practitioner in Zimbabwe. His principles of practice and pharmacopoeia.
Mambo Press, Gweru, Zimbabwe, 411 p., (1985)
Symptoms :
V(092), V(099)
Recipes :
V(092, f), to immobilize , powder of tubercle or infusion in food (freq)
V(099, f) strong, ONS., RNS.
V(099, f) strong, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Dioscorea latifolia Benth. var. sylvestris A. Chev. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Dioscorea latifolia Benth. var. sylvestris A. Chev.
Family :
Dioscoreaceae
Reference HV 54
Author(s) :
Van der Veen, L.J., S. Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga
Title :
Une société traditionnelle noire africaine et ses plantes utiles : les Eviya du Gabon
Document submitted for publication
http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van der Veen/Van der Veen_à paraître_a.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), leaves and bulbils kill the goats and sheep.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon (Eviya habitat)
Vernacular name :
(e-)lende, (Eviya language)
Dioscorea schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Dioscorea schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth
Family :
Dioscoreaceae
Reference VG 01
Author(s) :
Gelfand, M., S. Mavi, R.B. Drummond & B. Ndemera
Title :
The traditional medical practitioner in Zimbabwe. His principles of practice and pharmacopoeia.
Mambo Press, Gweru, Zimbabwe, 411 p., (1985)
Symptoms :
V(092), V(099)
Recipes :
V(099, r) stong, ONS., RNS.
V(092, r), to immobilize (rare), infusion tubercle, VO.
V(092, r), to immobilize (rare), infusion tubercle, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe
Vernacular name :
not registered
Dipcadi glaucum (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Dipcadi glaucum (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) Baker
Family :
Hyacinthaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), Dipcadi glaucum,plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of ruminants with syndroms of incoordination and diarrhoea
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Eriosema psoraleoides (Lam.) G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Eriosema cajanoides (Guill. et Perr.) Hook. f.
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Kisangani region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Kisangani region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Erythrophleum africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Erythrophleum africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HB 43
Author(s) :
Blench, R.
Title :
Dagomba plant names (Preliminary circulation draft) Published on WWW. (2006)
http://www.rogerblench.info/Ethnoscience%20data/Dagbani%20plant%20names.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
H(092) plant of Erythrophleum africanum is a poison to animals.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ghana (Northern region)
Vernacular name :
bùlágbíríwó (Dagomba)
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don :
4 reference(s)
Official name :
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Reference HC 32
Author(s) :
Carrière, M.
Title :
Plantes de Guinée à l' usage des éleveurs et des véterinaires
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement département d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire.
CIRAD-EMVT 10, rue Pierre-Curie 94704 Maisons-Alfort Cedex -France
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) leaves of Erythrophleum suaveolens, toxic to livestock.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
tali, téli, talifi (Malinké), kondo (Kissi), téli (Poular), méli (Soussou).
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison ,white barks, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
toma (Senoufo), tom (Tagouna), téré (Dioula), élui, alui (Baoulé), télé, tali (Bambara), kowé (Guéré), élégué-muani, aronhé (Mbonoi), érui (Agni), gué, guhié (Abé), érué (Apollonien), adjuga, adio, atiéma, atiuhia (Ebrié), guiouroutou (Guéré)
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the juice of the root bark is used for arrow poison. According to Verdcourt & Trump (1969), the bark of this tree is very poisonous and was formerly widely employed throughout Africa
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Teturi, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
tafa (Bira, Mbuti)
Reference VN 17
Author(s) :
Noumi, E.
Title :
Animal and plant poisons and their antidotes in Eseka and Mbalmayo regions, Centre Province, Cameroon.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 231-241 (2004)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 10), general intoxication, stembarks or seeds juice as arrow poison
V(092), V(123) rat poison, stembarks or seeds powder in food as a lure
V(092), V(123) rat poison, stembarks or seeds powder in food as a lure
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
tom (Eséka), elon (Mbalmayo)
Euphorbia calyptrata Coss. & Kralik :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia calyptrata Coss. & Kralik
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Euphorbia calyptrata var. involucrata Batt.
Reference HN 13b
Author(s) :
Naegelé, A.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude de la flore et des groupements végétaux de la Mauritanie.II, Plantes recueillies par Melle Odette du Puigaudeau en 1950.
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire (I.F.A.N.), série A, XX, 3, 876 - 908, (1958)
http://www.mr.refer.org/numweb/spip.php?article178
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) poison for animals. Not used
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mauritania
Vernacular name :
tinura, ramad (qui donne l'ophtalmie) ».
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VD 03
Author(s) :
Defour, G.
Title :
Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994)
Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE
Symptoms :
V(014), V(045), V(092), V(112)
Recipes :
V(014)dermatosis, latex diluted in, RNS.
V(045), ONS., RNS.
V(092), fishing poison, ONS., RNS.
V(045), ONS., RNS.
V(092), fishing poison, ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name :
mungalangala (shi), umuluha (Kinyarwanda)
Euphorbia darbandensis N.E. Br. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia darbandensis N.E. Br.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VC 22
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo.
Appl., Agric. Trop., 31e année, bulletin n°343-344, pp. 249-257.(1951)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-5412_1951_num_31_343_6408
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arows poison, caustic juice of.Euphorbia darbandense, would be particularly active. The decoction is reduced and mixed with other plants make the poison most active
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui, Lobaye basin)
Vernacular name :
songo oua (lissongo), molo (Banda et Baya), songo bili (mbwaka).
Euphorbia kamerunica Pax :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia kamerunica Pax
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Euphorbia barteri N.E.Br.
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
VH(092) hunting baits, latex
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
taxendo (Mossi), sourou (Gourounsi), dolo (Baoulé)
Euphorbia mauritanica L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia mauritanica L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), Euphorbia mauritanica., plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle, sheep with syndroms of tremors +bloat and diarrhoea
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Euphorbia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia sp.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(014), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(014), latex used for curing a skin disease of livestock
V(092) "mbopon" (latex) used for killing hyaena
V(092) "mbopon" (latex) used for killing hyaena
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
lparaa (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Euphorbia teke Schweinf. ex Pax :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia teke Schweinf. ex Pax
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference VC 22
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo.
Appl., Agric. Trop., 31e année, bulletin n°343-344, pp. 249-257.(1951)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-5412_1951_num_31_343_6408
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arows poison, caustic juice of.Euphorbia teke would be particularly active.This plant associated with other make the poison most active
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui, Lobaye basin)
Vernacular name :
songo oua (lissongo), molo (Banda et Baya), songo bili (mbwaka).
Euphorbia tirucalli L. :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Euphorbia laro Drake
Reference HA 42
Author(s) :
Arkinstall, W.
Title :
Medicinal and useful plants collected in the Manianga district of the Republic of Zaïre
Revue de recherche scientifique.
Spécial Médecine traditionnelle au Zaïre, Volume unique , pp135 - 158 (1979)
Presses de l' Institut de Recherche Scientifique
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), poison fish in strearns and has symbolic uses in rites, ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre)
(Manianga distrct)
Vernacular name :
diza dia nlernbo (Kikongo)
Reference HG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) has been used as fish poison, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
milk-bush, pencil-cactus (English)
Reference HM 2k
Author(s) :
Mbuya, L.P. , H.P. Msanga, C.K. Ruffo, A. Birnie & B. Tengnäs
Title :
The useful trees and shrubs for Tanzania.Identification, propagation and management for agricultural and pastoral communities.Regional soil Conservation Unit .Swedish International Development Authority.
Technical handbook n° 6, 540 p., (1994)The Manager national tree seed project.Morogoro, Tanzania, P.O. Box 4012
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison (young branchs), fish poison (latex) . Medicine from the plant must be used with extreme care due to its high toxicity.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania
Vernacular name :
not registered
Ficus exasperata Vahl :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ficus exasperata Vahl
Family :
Moraceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the bark is powdered and pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Ituri)
Vernacular name :
masawa (Mbuti)
Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.
Family :
Moraceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Ficus ingens, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle with syndroms of hyperaesthesia, ataxia, tremors, paddling
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Ficus salicifolia Vahl :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ficus salicifolia Vahl
Family :
Moraceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Ficus salicifolia, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle with syndroms of hyperaesthesia, ataxia, tremors, paddling
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Gnidia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Gnidia sp.
Family :
Thymelaeaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Gnidia spp., plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea, emphysema for ruminants
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Helichrysum argyrosphaerum DC. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Helichrysum argyrosphaerum DC.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Helichrysum argyrosphaerum , plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of ruminants with syndroms of amaurosis, paresis, paralysis
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Inula confertiflora A. Rich :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Inula confertiflora A. Rich
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HB 48
Author(s) :
Bussmann Rainer, W., P.Swartzinsky, W. Aserat & P.Evangelista
Title :
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Region, Ethiopia.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 7:28 (2011)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Inula confertiflora is a poison; this is NOT eaten by animals
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Mountains Region)
Vernacular name :
hatawi
Ipomoea carnea Jacq ssp. Fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ipomoea carnea Jacq ssp. Fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin
Family :
Convolvulaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Ipomoea carnea, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of goats with syndroms of ataxia, head tremors, nystagmus
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Jatropha curcas L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Jatropha curcas L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Jatropha curcas, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) DC. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Khaya anthotheca (Welw.) DC.
Family :
Meliaceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) according some Mbuti, the leaves of Khaya anthotheca are used for making an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
ngina (Mbuti)
Kniphofia foliosa Hochst :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Kniphofia foliosa Hochst
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference VY 01
Author(s) :
Yineger, H., E. Kelbessa, T. Bekele, E. Lulekal
Title :
Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants at Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 112, pp. 55 - 70 (2007)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874107000669
Symptoms :
V(003), V(008), V(092), V(117), V(126)
Recipes :
V(003) + V(008) + V(117) + V(126) gubbaa (swells on neck, gall bladder or liver , cough and severe diarrhoea, shivering, skinny), crushed fresh roots of Lobelia rhynchopetalum of Kniphofia foliosa of Rumex nepalensis are mixed in H2O, VO.
V(092) poisons (hudhaa), crushed roots macerated in H2O, VO
V(126) hepatitis (dhukuba alati), crushed fresh or dried leaves of Kniphofia foliosa, infusion, VO.
V(092) poisons (hudhaa), crushed roots macerated in H2O, VO
V(126) hepatitis (dhukuba alati), crushed fresh or dried leaves of Kniphofia foliosa, infusion, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Bale Mountains National Park)
Vernacular name :
lela
Lagenaria breviflora (Benth.) Roberty :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Lagenaria breviflora (Benth.) Roberty
Family :
Cucurbitaceae
Synonyms :
Adenopus breviflorus Benth.
Reference VB 25M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
La médecine traditionnelle au centre et à l'ouest de l'Angola.
Ministério da ciênciae da tecnologia. Instituto de investigaçâo cientifica tropical. Lisboa - p. 531 (1996) (ISBN : 972-672-858-4)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Maesa lanceolata Forssk. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
Family :
Myrsinaceae
Reference VW 03
Author(s) :
Wilson, R. T. & M. Woldo Gebre
Title :
Medicine and magic in Central Tigre: a contribution to the ethnobotany of the Ethiopian plateau.
Economic Botany, 33, 1, 29 - 34, (1979)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02858209
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) , leaves extract, fish poison and molluscide
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Central Tigre region)
Vernacular name :
suwaria
Melia azedarach L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Melia azedarach L.
Family :
Meliaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Melia azedarach, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of animals with syndroms of tremors, dyspnoea, vomition, diarrhoea
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern AfricaZA
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Millettia ferruginea (Hochst.) Baker
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), its use as a fish poision is widely known. The bark and mature fruit (pod and seed) of Millettia ferruginea are ground into powder and spread over the water.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
birbira (Amarinya), sotallo, kotalu (Galinya), enghediksho (Sidama), sari (Galinya, Arussi), zaghia (Wollamo), yego (Galinya, Harar)
Myrianthus holstii Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Myrianthus holstii Engl.
Family :
Moraceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) The bark is pounded together with various other plants to make arrow-poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
mbwembwe (Mbuti)
Nicotiana glauca Graham :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Nicotiana glauca Graham
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Nicotiana glauca, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of ruminants, pigs with syndroms of incoordination, tremors, convulsions, dyspnoea
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Nicotiana tabacum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference VN 17
Author(s) :
Noumi, E.
Title :
Animal and plant poisons and their antidotes in Eseka and Mbalmayo regions, Centre Province, Cameroon.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 231-241 (2004)
Symptoms :
V(092), V(130)
Recipes :
V(092, 15), V(130), leaf juice as arrow poison, excitement and paralysing action
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
tah (Mbalmayo), depah (Bandjoum), ndifong (Ombessa)
Nierembergia linariifolia Graham :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Nierembergia linariifolia Graham
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Nierembergia linariifolia, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle with syndroms of variety of nervous signs
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Opilia celtidifolia (Guill. & Perr.) Endl. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Opilia celtidifolia (Guill. & Perr.) Endl.
Family :
Opiliaceae
Synonyms :
Opilia amentacea Roxb.
Reference VA 10
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun, E., L. Ake Assi
Title :
Contribution au recensement des plantes médicinales de Côte d'Ivoire.
Centre Nat. Florist. Univ. Abidjan, 358 p., (1979)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092)fish, ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VA 10
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun, E., L. Ake Assi
Title :
Contribution au recensement des plantes médicinales de Côte d'Ivoire.
Centre Nat. Florist. Univ. Abidjan, 358 p., (1979)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) ichthyotoxic, leaves of Opilia., to grind
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast
Vernacular name :
not registered
Ornithogalum sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ornithogalum sp.
Family :
Hyacinthaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Ornithogalum spp., plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea, blindness for ruminants, horses
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Ornithoglossum vulgare B. Nord. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ornithoglossum vulgare B. Nord.
Family :
Colchicaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Ornithoglossum vulgare, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for sheep and goats
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Oxalis corniculata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Oxalis corniculata L.
Family :
Oxalidaceae
Synonyms :
Oxalis radicosa A.Rich.
Reference HT 42
Author(s) :
Tolossa, K , E. Debela, S.Athanasiadou, A.Tolera, G. Ganga, J.GM Houdijk
Title :
Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human and livestock ailments by traditional healers in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 9:32 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/32
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, root of Oxalis corniculata chopped, cooked for two days and more and the paste rubbed on arrow tip to hunt wild animals
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Southern), South Omo
Vernacular name :
dani (Maale)
Parkia biglobosa ( Jacq.) R.Br. ex G. Don :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Parkia biglobosa ( Jacq.) R.Br. ex G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Parkia clappertoniana Keay
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(077), V(092)
Recipes :
V(077), fruit of Parkia biglobosa +palm oil of Elaeis guineensis , VO.
V(092) hunting poison, stem of Bridelia ferruginea, roots of Parkia biglobosa of Piliostigma thonningii, leaves of Sterculia setigera, latex of Euphorbia poissoni, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 4 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
V(092) fishing poison, stems barks and fruits of Parkia biglobosa, stems barks of Alchornea cordifolia.Theses plants are trown into dammed streams
V(092) hunting poison, stem of Bridelia ferruginea, roots of Parkia biglobosa of Piliostigma thonningii, leaves of Sterculia setigera, latex of Euphorbia poissoni, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 4 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
V(092) fishing poison, stems barks and fruits of Parkia biglobosa, stems barks of Alchornea cordifolia.Theses plants are trown into dammed streams
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
ojini (Igede)
Parquetina nigrescens (Afzel.) Bullock :
4 reference(s)
Official name :
Parquetina nigrescens (Afzel.) Bullock
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Parquetina gabonica Baill.
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the plant is used as the main material of arrow poison called "mutali"; the bast is cut into fragments with several other plants, then poisonous liquid is squeezed out of the macerated chips; the poisonous liquid is applied to the tips of arrow-shaf
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) , around Andiri village, near Nduye, Ituri
Vernacular name :
mutalikuko (Balese)| orouo (Efe)
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the bark juice is the chief element of the arrow poison called "mutali"
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre), Teturi , Ituri Forest
Vernacular name :
mutali (Bira , Mbuti )
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), mutare (Mbuti), Inner bark is pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison. While many plants are mixed when making an arrow poison, this vine is considered to be the most effective, others being considered just to strengthen the effect of this plant
H(092), (k)oro(k)u(k)o (Efe), the inner bark of the vine is pounded, mixed with other plants, then black tar-like juice is squeezed, then applied to arrowheads, made of the ribs of raffia palm leaves.
H(092), (k)oro(k)u(k)o (Efe), the inner bark of the vine is pounded, mixed with other plants, then black tar-like juice is squeezed, then applied to arrowheads, made of the ribs of raffia palm leaves.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) Nduye, zone of Mambasa - - - Ituri forest
Vernacular name :
mutare (Mbuti), (k)oro(k)u(k)o (Efe), ce qui signifie le vin ("kuko") et le poison de flèche ("oro") - - - mutare (Mbuti), (k)oro(k)u(k)o (Efe), Vernacular means vine ("kuko") of arrow poison ("oro"), for which it is used.
Reference VC 22
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo.
Appl., Agric. Trop., 31e année, bulletin n°343-344, pp. 249-257.(1951)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-5412_1951_num_31_343_6408
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arows poison, prepared by pounding set of roots, fresh stems and nearly ripe folliclese of Parquetina gabonica; often mixed with caustic juice de.Euphorbia teke and Euphorbia darbandense make the poison most active.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui-Chari)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Paullinia pinnata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Paullinia pinnata L.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Reference VP 2k
Author(s) :
Pernet, R.
Title :
Les plantes médicinales malgaches.Catalogue de nos connaissances chimiques et pharmaceutiques.
Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar.Série B, Tome 8, 217 - 303, (1957)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vporc(092), leaves, toxic for pigs
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Madagascar
Vernacular name :
varimarinhanja.
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrow poisonYacoubas, ONS. of Microglossa pyrifolia of Pentaclethra macrophylla of Agelaea sp., RNS.(for little animals)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
zâ (Yacouba), zaoué (Guéré), zazé (Shien), niapoué zaoué (Néyau), dio (Wobé), atta (Agni) , seridieu (Yacouba), mbleg - bahla (Ebrié)
Pergularia tomentosa L. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Pergularia tomentosa L.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HN 13b
Author(s) :
Naegelé, A.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude de la flore et des groupements végétaux de la Mauritanie.II, Plantes recueillies par Melle Odette du Puigaudeau en 1950.
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire (I.F.A.N.), série A, XX, 3, 876 - 908, (1958)
http://www.mr.refer.org/numweb/spip.php?article178
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the Pergularia tomentosais not eated by animals, the plant is toxic for, toxique for herbivore
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mauritania
Vernacular name :
oumou éjloud (Hassaniya)
Reference HN 13b
Author(s) :
Naegelé, A.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude de la flore et des groupements végétaux de la Mauritanie.II, Plantes recueillies par Melle Odette du Puigaudeau en 1950.
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire (I.F.A.N.), série A, XX, 3, 876 - 908, (1958)
http://www.mr.refer.org/numweb/spip.php?article178
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
H(203), used to tan the leathers
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mauritania
Vernacular name :
oumou éjloud (Hassaniya)
Periploca nigrescens Afzel. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Periploca nigrescens Afzel.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), arrow poison, roots, RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville) (ex Brazaville Congo), around the Moumpoutou village, along the Ibenga river, Dedongou district, Likoula region
Vernacular name :
mo.mbango (Aka)
Periploca nigricans Schltr. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Periploca nigricans Schltr.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), arrows poison, juice from leaves of Datura fastuosa + latex of Periploca nigricans
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Phalaris sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Phalaris sp.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Phalaris spp. , plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of ruminants with syndroms of staggers
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family :
Phytolaccaceae
Reference VB 25M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
La médecine traditionnelle au centre et à l'ouest de l'Angola.
Ministério da ciênciae da tecnologia. Instituto de investigaçâo cientifica tropical. Lisboa - p. 531 (1996) (ISBN : 972-672-858-4)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, the berries of Phytolacca dodecandra are a poison for the molluscs which are the cause of bilharziosis
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (regions of Golungo alto, Dembos, Cazengo, Vale do Bengo)
Vernacular name :
(mu) tonga-tonga (Kimbundu), (omu) tonga-tonga (Umbundu)
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T. Durand & H. Durand :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Picralima nitida (Stapf) T. Durand & H. Durand
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference VC 22
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo.
Appl., Agric. Trop., 31e année, bulletin n°343-344, pp. 249-257.(1951)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-5412_1951_num_31_343_6408
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arows poison, roots and seeds of Picralima nitida would highly poisonous. They are cooked and maceratedrto make the arows poison .Associated plants: caustic juice de.Euphorbia teke and Euphorbia darbandense are particularly active
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui, Lobaye basin)
Vernacular name :
ngongambi (Lissongo) ou gongambi (Mbaïki)
Reference VC 22
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo.
Appl., Agric. Trop., 31e année, bulletin n°343-344, pp. 249-257.(1951)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0370-5412_1951_num_31_343_6408
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arows poison, Dioscorea macroura gives very toxic purple brown bulbils found in abundance in secondary forest and fallow in Middle Congo, near Sibiti and Komono.RNS. Associated plants: caustic juice de.Euphorbia teke and Euphorbia darbandense are particularly active
Region :
West AfricaWest Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui, Lobaye basin)
Vernacular name :
n'dubula (Bakota)
Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.) Hochst.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Bauhinia reticulata DC.
Reference HM 33
Author(s) :
Malgras, D. (R.P.)
Title :
Arbres et arbustes guérisseurs des savanes maliennes.
Editions Karthala, 22 - 24, boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris, 480 p. (1992)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, harpoons are coated with chewed leaves of Piliostigma reticulatum
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
nyamacè (Bambara), myama ke (Malinke), jowara, duwanya (mly), kortime, kortinge (Senoufo), luho (Bwa), tibisina (Bobo-fing), koibo (Dogon), barki (Peuhl)
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Bauhinia thonningii Schumach.
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, stem of Bridelia ferruginea, roots of Parkia biglobosa of Piliostigma thonningii, leaves of Sterculia setigera, latex of Euphorbia poissoni, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 4 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
omepa (Igede)
Reference HM 33
Author(s) :
Malgras, D. (R.P.)
Title :
Arbres et arbustes guérisseurs des savanes maliennes.
Editions Karthala, 22 - 24, boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris, 480 p. (1992)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, chewed leaves of Piliostigma thonningii
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
nyamaba, nyamamuso (Bambara), nyama ba, foro (Malinke), jowara, jurungo (Minyanka), ciwanga, kortinge, kortime (Senoufo), luho (Bwa), tibisaa (Dogon), barkere (Peuhl)
Piper umbellatum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Piper umbellatum L.
Family :
Piperaceae
Synonyms :
Piper subpeltatum Willd.
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrow poison of Yacoubas, ONS. of Microglossa pyrifolia of Piper umbellatum of Mansonia altissima (for middle animals)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
koubaté (Attié), bobéla (Shien), blao (Guéré), bla, blara (Krou), boubéla (Néyau), molé (Yacoba), bébra ( Bété)
Plectranthus sp. :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Plectranthus sp.
Family :
Lamiaceae
Reference HA 29 d
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Suiei Ndorobo, the hunter-gatherers in the Mathew's Range of northern Kenya in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vc(092), this sort of Plectranthus sp. is considered to be poisonous for goat.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
nabunap (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), considered to be poisonous for goat.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
nabunap (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kühn :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kühn
Family :
Dennstaedtiaceae
Synonyms :
Pteris aquilina L.
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Pteridium aquilinum, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of horses, sheep with syndroms of tremors, incoordination
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Achyranthes atropurpurea Lam.
,
Pupalia atropurpurea (Lam.) Moq.
Reference VK 12
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 384 - 444 , 543 - 599, (1964)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) to attract the fish
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
nogobéré (Peul)
Rhodocodon madagascariensis Baker :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Rhodocodon madagascariensis Baker
Family :
Liliaceae
Reference VB 15
Author(s) :
Boiteau, P. & L. Allorge-Boiteau
Title :
Plantes médicinales de Madagascar.
Editions, collection: Économie et développement, 136 p., (1993)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), to fry bulbs in small slices + flour, = bait against mices
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Madagascar (Tananarive)
Vernacular name :
famonototozy (Merina), kilobaloba, sahondra (Betsileo), tapabatana (Merina , Betsileo)
Ricinus communis L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ricinus communis L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Ricinus communis, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Roupellina boivini (Baillon) Pichon :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Roupellina boivini (Baillon) Pichon
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference VB 15
Author(s) :
Boiteau, P. & L. Allorge-Boiteau
Title :
Plantes médicinales de Madagascar.
Editions, collection: Économie et développement, 136 p., (1993)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vcanis(092), decoction whole plant, RNS.
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Madagascar (Tananarive)
Vernacular name :
kalbocala, befe, lalondo (Sakalava), tambio (Tandroy), hiba (Bara, Sakalawa), saritangena (Tank.)
Sansevieria sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sansevieria sp.
Family :
Dracaenaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the root is pounded with other plant to make arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
ringa (Efe)
Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R. Br. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R. Br.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), Cynanchum spp., plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system for ruminants and horses with syndroms of hypersensitivity, , incoordination, convulsions and paralysis
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Satureja biflora (Buch.- Ham.ex D.Don) Briq. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Satureja biflora (Buch.- Ham.ex D.Don) Briq.
Family :
Lamiaceae
Reference VG 04
Author(s) :
Githinji, C.W. & J.O. Kokwaro
Title :
Ethnomedicinal study of major species in the family Labiatae from Kenya.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 39, pp.197- 203, (1993)
Symptoms :
V(051), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(051), the Masai burn the plant and put it into mouths of cows
Vc(092), ONS. of Satureja biflora, Satureja pseudosimensis, cures pupal poisoning in goats , RNS.
Vc(092), ONS. of Satureja biflora, Satureja pseudosimensis, cures pupal poisoning in goats , RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
kamutaa, mutaa (Kamba), retanguhi (Kikuyu), sokoo (Marakwet)
Satureja pseudosimensis Brenan :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Satureja pseudosimensis Brenan
Family :
Lamiaceae
Reference VG 04
Author(s) :
Githinji, C.W. & J.O. Kokwaro
Title :
Ethnomedicinal study of major species in the family Labiatae from Kenya.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 39, pp.197- 203, (1993)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vc(092), ONS. of Satureja biflora, Satureja pseudosimensis, cures pupal poisoning in goats , RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
kibararia (Marakwet), leoinetua (Samburu)
Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sesbania punicea (Cav.) Benth.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Sesbania punicea, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea, for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Solanum incanum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum incanum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Solanum insanum L.
,
Solanum coagulans Forssk.
Reference VD 03
Author(s) :
Defour, G.
Title :
Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994)
Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vo(092),ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name :
mangurhungu (petites boules jaunes) (shi)
Solanum lichtensteinii Willd. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum lichtensteinii Willd.
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Solanum lichtensteinii, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Solanum nigrum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum nigrum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Synonyms :
Solanum judaicum Bess
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Solanum nigrum, plant poisonings that manifest with syndroms as diarrhoea for multispecies
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Solanum sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum sp.
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference HT 42
Author(s) :
Tolossa, K , E. Debela, S.Athanasiadou, A.Tolera, G. Ganga, J.GM Houdijk
Title :
Ethno-medicinal study of plants used for treatment of human and livestock ailments by traditional healers in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 9:32 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/32
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) poisonous to animals, root of Solanum spp.chopped and concoction with water until paste is formed, rubbed on arrow tip & used for hunting
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Southern), South Omo
Vernacular name :
danni (Maale)
Solanum taitense Vatke :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum taitense Vatke
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Solanum tettense, plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of cattle with syndroms of loss of balance, epileptiform seizures
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Sterculia setigera Del. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sterculia setigera Del.
Family :
Sterculiaceae
Synonyms :
Sterculia tomentosa Guill. & Perr.
Reference HI 05
Author(s) :
Igoli, J.O., O.G. Ogaji, T.A. Tor-Anyiin & N.P. Igoli
Title :
Traditional medicine practice amongst the Igede people of Nigeria. Part II.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines (2) pp. 134 - 152 (2005)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc05016
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) hunting poison, stem of Bridelia ferruginea, roots of Parkia biglobosa of Piliostigma thonningii, leaves of Sterculia setigera, latex of Euphorbia poissoni, decoction. The arrows are placed in this decoction during 4 h, allowed to dry and then used for hunting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria Benue state, Igede people)
Vernacular name :
ufuru (Igede)
Strychnos henningsii Gilg :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Strychnos henningsii Gilg
Family :
Strychnaceae
Reference HA 29 d
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Suiei Ndorobo, the hunter-gatherers in the Mathew's Range of northern Kenya in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) root used with to make arrow poison.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Northern)
Vernacular name :
ishipilikwa (Dorobo) (Suiei)
Strychnos sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Strychnos sp.
Family :
Strychnaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092), V(153)
Recipes :
V(092) , the root has a smell of a peculia kind. It is powdered and pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
abiesulu, saamunane (Efe)
Strychnos usambarensis Gilg :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Strychnos usambarensis Gilg
Family :
Strychnaceae
Reference VA 40
Author(s) :
Angenot, L.
Title :
De l'existence en Afrique Centrale d'un poison de flèche curarisant, issu du Strychnos usambarensis Gilg
Annales pharmaceutiques françaises, 29, no 5-6, pp. 353-364 (1971)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) arrows poison (Banyambo tribe hunter) The root barks and leaves of Strychnos usambarensis exert an curarising activity which is reinforced with leaves and roots of Acokanthera schimperi. The Banyambo hunter mix other plant primarily with latex and juice to give a gummleaves of Aloe laterita,stems of Synadenium grantii, stems with leaves of Euphorbia tirucalli, leaves of Opuntia ficus indica, roots of Euclea schimperi )
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
muhoko
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv. :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HM 33
Author(s) :
Malgras, D. (R.P.)
Title :
Arbres et arbustes guérisseurs des savanes maliennes.
Editions Karthala, 22 - 24, boulevard Arago, 75013 Paris, 480 p. (1992)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, pounded roots of Swartzia madagascariensis in lthe water
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali
Vernacular name :
samagwara (Bambara), samakara, samagara (Malinke), nakonon (Senoufo), sinsènè (Bobo-fing), gugeriki, ohti (Peuhl)
Reference VT 20
Author(s) :
Terrac, M.-L.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude des plantes médicinales de Madagascar, de la Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
Thèse pour l'obtention du diplôme de Docteur de l'Université de Paris (Pharmacie), Novembre 1947.Imprimerie Vuibert, 6 rue Martel, Paris,246 p., (1947)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison
(registered from references HT 20 - 3, HT 20 - 14)
(registered from references HT 20 - 3, HT 20 - 14)
Region :
Reunion
Country :
Reunion
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VT 20
Author(s) :
Terrac, M.-L.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude des plantes médicinales de Madagascar, de la Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
Thèse pour l'obtention du diplôme de Docteur de l'Université de Paris (Pharmacie), Novembre 1947.Imprimerie Vuibert, 6 rue Martel, Paris,246 p., (1947)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison
Region :
Reunion
Country :
Reunion
Vernacular name :
not registered
Synadenium sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Synadenium sp.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HW 10
Author(s) :
Weiss. E. A.
Title :
Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen
Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the latex of Synadenium sp. was used as a fish poison on the North Kenya coast
Region :
East Africa (Costal regions)
Country :
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Vernacular name :
kinyunyu (Swahili), tupa (Digo), tiha (Giriama)
Tagetes erecta L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Tagetes erecta L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HB 48
Author(s) :
Bussmann Rainer, W., P.Swartzinsky, W. Aserat & P.Evangelista
Title :
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Region, Ethiopia.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 7:28 (2011)
Symptoms :
V(039), V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(039), used to treat cattle.Crush the leaves and put in the hole a worm made to kill the worms (botfly remedy).
Vb(092) poison; kills cattle when they eat it.
Vb(092) poison; kills cattle when they eat it.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale Mountains Region)
Vernacular name :
hada
Tephrosia pumila (Lam. ) Persoon :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Tephrosia pumila (Lam. ) Persoon
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Tephrosia purpurea L. Persoon
Reference VK 12
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 384 - 444 , 543 - 599, (1964)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) toxic for animals
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
tonawi (Peul, Tocolor)
Reference VT 20
Author(s) :
Terrac, M.-L.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude des plantes médicinales de Madagascar, de la Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
Thèse pour l'obtention du diplôme de Docteur de l'Université de Paris (Pharmacie), Novembre 1947.Imprimerie Vuibert, 6 rue Martel, Paris,246 p., (1947)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison
Region :
Reunion
Country :
Reunion
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VT 20
Author(s) :
Terrac, M.-L.
Title :
Contribution à l'étude des plantes médicinales de Madagascar, de la Réunion et de l'île Maurice.
Thèse pour l'obtention du diplôme de Docteur de l'Université de Paris (Pharmacie), Novembre 1947.Imprimerie Vuibert, 6 rue Martel, Paris,246 p., (1947)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison
(registered from references HT 20 - 3, HT 20 - 14)
(registered from references HT 20 - 3, HT 20 - 14)
Region :
Reunion
Country :
Reunion
Vernacular name :
not registered
Tephrosia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Tephrosia sp.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VG 25
Author(s) :
Gradé, J.T., J. R.S. Tabuti, P.Van Damme
Title :
Ethnoveterinary knowledge in pastoral Karamoja, Uganda
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 122, pp. 273–293 (2009)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874109000233
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) poisonous, gives cattle foot rat (inak emaara) when walfing on mature pods of Tephrosia sp. in pasture (from the Pian tribe)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Karamoja of northern Uganda)
Vernacular name :
edodo (Ngakarimojong)
Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. :
19 reference(s)
Official name :
Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HA 29 c
Author(s) :
Tanno, T.
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies and the Bira farmers in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Mawambo and Teturi villages (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the leaves of Tephrosia vogelii are used to make fishing poison.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
bappi (Bira, Mbuti)
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the leaves are pounded and put in a stream to poralyse and kill fish
V(092), the leaves are also pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison (mutali)
V(092), the leaves are also pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison (mutali)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
bappi, ruru (Mbuti)
Reference HA 29 f
Author(s) :
H. Terashima, M. Ichikawa and M. Sawada
Title :
The Efe Pygmies and the Balese farmers in the Ituri forest of northeastern Zaire, around Andiri village (N 1.55', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
H(092) the leaves of Tephrosia vogelii are pounded together with those plants such as the red pepper , , etc., and put into small rivers to paralyze fish
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Ituri forest of northeastern Zaire)
Vernacular name :
ruru (Balese), lulu (Efe)
Reference HA 42
Author(s) :
Arkinstall, W.
Title :
Medicinal and useful plants collected in the Manianga district of the Republic of Zaïre
Revue de recherche scientifique.
Spécial Médecine traditionnelle au Zaïre, Volume unique , pp135 - 158 (1979)
Presses de l' Institut de Recherche Scientifique
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) leaves of Tephrosia vogelii said to be poisonous and are used to kill fish. Plant said to be male partner of Cassia alata .
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre)
(Manianga distrct)
Vernacular name :
bumi dia bakal (Kikongo)
Reference HB 43
Author(s) :
Blench, R.
Title :
Dagomba plant names (Preliminary circulation draft) Published on WWW. (2006)
http://www.rogerblench.info/Ethnoscience%20data/Dagbani%20plant%20names.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) shrub used to poison fish
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ghana (Northern region)
Vernacular name :
bìm (Dagomba)
Reference HC 21
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les plantes magiques cultivées par les noirs d'Afrique et leur origine.
Plus personal communications Father André Walker to the author.
Rev. Bot. Appl., Agric. Trop., 27, p. 93 - 105, (1937)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, ONS. of Tephrosia vogelii RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
French West Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
H(092) the leaves of Tephrosia vogelii are used as fish poison
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HH 09b
Author(s) :
Hamill, F.A., S. Apio, N. K. Mubiru, R. Bukenya-Ziraba, M. Mosango, O. W. Maganyi and D. D. Soejarto
Title :
Traditional herbal drugs of Southern Uganda, II:
literature analysis and antimicrobial assays, Volume 84, pp. 57 - 78 (2003)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishpoison, the whole plant + seeds, pounded fresh, as with a mortar and pestle + H2O in water of the river
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (southern), tribe Baganda, district of Mpigi
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HS 01
Author(s) :
Sandberg, F.
Title :
Etude sur les plantes médicinales et toxiques de l'Afrique équatoriale.
Cahiers de la Maboké, tome 3, n° 1, 5 - 49, (1965)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), poison for fish, crushed leaves in H2O of the river
H(112), leaves infusion in enema
H(112), leaves infusion in enema
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (ex Central african empire), Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville) (ex Brazaville Congo)
Vernacular name :
do (Gbaya), daola (Bakwele)
Reference HV 54
Author(s) :
Van der Veen, L.J., S. Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga
Title :
Une société traditionnelle noire africaine et ses plantes utiles : les Eviya du Gabon
Document submitted for publication
http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van der Veen/Van der Veen_à paraître_a.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) poison fishing, leaves and fruits of Tephrosia vogelii, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon (Eviya habitat)
Vernacular name :
(e-)komo (e-)a mitungu, (Eviya language)
Reference HW 05
Author(s) :
Wome, B.
Title :
Recherches ethnopharmacognosiques sur les plantes médicinales utilisées en médecine traditionnelle à Kisangani (Haut-Zaïre).
Thèse de doctorat, Université libre de Bruxelles, Fac. Sc., 561 p., (1985)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
V(092) ichthyotoxic, leaves of Tephrosia vogelii, to pound
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Kisangani)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the leaves are also pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison "mutali"
V(092, 2), The leaves are pounded and put in a stream to poralyse and kill fish
V(092, 2), The leaves are pounded and put in a stream to poralyse and kill fish
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
bappi, ruru (Mbuti)
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) , the root has a smell of a peculia kind. It is powdered and pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Teturi, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
bappi (Bira , Mbuti )
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the leaves are pounded together with those plants such as the red pepper "pilipili", "kimakima, etc., and put into small rivers to paralyze fish
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (around the Andiri village, near Nduye, Ituri)
Vernacular name :
ruru (Balese)| lulu (Efe)
Reference VD 03
Author(s) :
Defour, G.
Title :
Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994)
Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE
Symptoms :
V(014), V(037), V(039), V(092)
Recipes :
V(014), mange, friction with crushed leaves
V(037), cough, RNS., ONS.
V(039), verminosis, parasitism, friction with crushed leaves
V(042), tique, RNS., ONS.
V(092) , toxic for animals with cold blood, poison used to fish , RNS., ONS.
V(037), cough, RNS., ONS.
V(039), verminosis, parasitism, friction with crushed leaves
V(042), tique, RNS., ONS.
V(092) , toxic for animals with cold blood, poison used to fish , RNS., ONS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name :
mulukuluku (shi), umuraku (kinyaruanda)
Reference VG 07
Author(s) :
Getahun, A.
Title :
Some common medicinal and poisonous plants used in ethiopian folk medicine.
Faculty of Science, Addis Abeba University, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 63p., (1976)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092)fish, leaves, RNS
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VG 14
Author(s) :
Goossens, V.
Title :
Catalogue des plantes du jardin botanique d'Eala (Congo Belge)
Ministère des colonies, direction de l'agriculture, V. Goossens Bruxelles: Imprimerie industrielle et financière, 179 p., (1924)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), fishing poison, leaves, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo) (Mongo region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference VN 17
Author(s) :
Noumi, E.
Title :
Animal and plant poisons and their antidotes in Eseka and Mbalmayo regions, Centre Province, Cameroon.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 231-241 (2004)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 49) maceration of crushed leaves, ichtyotoxic effect
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
ofe (Mbalmayo)
Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schumach. & Thonn.) Taub. :
5 reference(s)
Official name :
Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schumach. & Thonn.) Taub.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HA 29 e
Author(s) :
M. Ichikawa
Title :
The Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest of north-eastern Zaire, around Katala and Mawambo village (N 1.0', E 29.10', alt. c. 1000 m), Zone de Mambasa, Region de Haut-Zaire in : AFLORA on the Web (http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf) The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) the seeds of Tetrapleura tetraptera are pounded and used for fish poisoning. Especially in the dry season when the water recedes, the pounded seeds are put in a pool to intoxicate the fish
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
sekeseke (Mbuti)
Reference HB 05
Author(s) :
Bouquet, A.
Title :
Féticheurs et médecines traditionnelles du Congo (Brazzaville).
Mém. O.R.S.T.O.M., 36, 282 p., (1969)
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/41737230/Ficheurs-et-mecines-traditionn
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, juice of rape fruit of Tetrapleura tetraptera
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville) (ex Brazaville Congo)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HK 22
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & A. Bouquet
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques de la Côte-d'Ivoire - Haute-Volta.Mission d'étude de la pharmacopée indigène en A.O.F.
Editions Vigot Frères, Paris, 300 p., (1950)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), pods of Tetrapleura tetraptera , fishing poison, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
koussa (Guéré), draadié (Krou), kousimossou (Néyau), koussékié cékié (Shien), ouara (Bambara), za, zan (Dan), chéré chéré (Abé), m'békré, m'bégré (Ebrié), plakassé (Baoulé), soumandi (Guimini), séké, sékéhi (Bété), eschésé (Agni), darwo (Haoussa), tchiékéboué (Attié)
Reference HV 11
Author(s) :
Verbeeck, A.
Title :
Anticonceptionele Middelen
AEQUATORIA, Revue des Sciences Congolaises, n°1, 14 year, pp 26 - 28 (1951)
http://www.abbol.com/bookbank/books/aequatoria%201951.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, fruits of Tetrapleura tetraptera
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (ex. Belgian Congo), Imbonga on the middle Momboyo River.in the Central African rain forest
Vernacular name :
elésé (Nkundo)
Reference HV 54
Author(s) :
Van der Veen, L.J., S. Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga
Title :
Une société traditionnelle noire africaine et ses plantes utiles : les Eviya du Gabon
Document submitted for publication
http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van der Veen/Van der Veen_à paraître_a.pdf
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) poison fishing, leaves and fruits of Tetrapleura tetraptera RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon (Eviya habitat)
Vernacular name :
(o-)saga, (Eviya language)
Tinospora caffra (Miers) Troupin :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Tinospora caffra (Miers) Troupin
Family :
Menispermaceae
Reference HD 16
Author(s) :
de Wet, H., B.- E. Van Wyk
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of southern African Menispermaceae.
South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, pp. 2 - 9, (2008)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, leaves, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
intindili (Zulu)
Trachyandra sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Trachyandra sp.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HB 62
Author(s) :
Botha, C.J., M.-L. Penrith
Title :
Poisonous plants of veterinary and human importance in southern Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 119, pp. 549–558 (2008)
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.07.022
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Trachyandra spp. , plant poisonings that primarily affect the central nervous system of ruminants, horses, pigs with syndroms of progressive paresis and paralysis
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
southern Africa
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker
Family :
Hyacinthaceae
Reference B5 Nord
Author(s) :
Boulos, L.
Title :
Medicinal plants of North Africa.
Reference Publications, Inc., 218 St. Clair River Drive, Box 344, Algonac, Michigan 48001, 286p. , (1983)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), rat poison, red squill is dried, powdered
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocoo, Tunisia
Vernacular name :
onsul, onsal, onseil, basal far'on, basal el-far (Moroco), scille maritime, oignon marin, scille (local French), medicinal squill, sea onion (English)
Reference B6 Nord
Author(s) :
Bellakhdar, J.
Title :
La pharmacopée marocaine traditionnelle: Médecine arabe ancienne et savoirs populaires.
Ibis Press, 764 p. (1997)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), rat poison, red squill is dried, powdered
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Moroco
Vernacular name :
îsqîl (classical) (Moroco), âzalim û-wussen (Souss), îkfîl (Berber), scille, urginée (local French)
Vernonia amygdalina Delile :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Vernonia amygdalina Delile
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Vernonia senegalensis A. Chev.
,
Gymnanthemum amygdalinum (Delile) Sch. Bip. Ex Walp.
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the bark is pounded together with other plants to make an arrow poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
mpida (Mbuti)
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the leaves are used to make fishing poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Teturi, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
pida (Bira, Mbuti)
Vernonia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Vernonia sp.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the plant is used to make fishing poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (around the Andiri village, near Nduye, Ituri)
Vernacular name :
pida (Balese, Efe)
Vernonia thomsoniana Oliv. & Hiern :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Vernonia thomsoniana Oliv. & Hiern
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HR 11
Author(s) :
Raponda-Walker, A. & R. Sillans
Title :
Les Plantes utiles du Gabon. Encyclopédie biologique.
Editions Paul Lechevalier, 12 rue de Tournon, Paris VI, 478 p. (1961)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) fishing poison, leaves., RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon
Vernacular name :
nundulyè (Mpongwè), otangani, énonyè, igondjo-inoné (Nkomi), nzông-ayôl (Fang), mumbutsu (Eshira, Bavarama, Bavungu, Bapunu), mumbutsi (Balumbu), ndunduli (Loango), ndoki (Mitsogo), pula (Bavové), bitavi (Benga), tamba-tamba (Apindji), ngomba-lodyè, nyanyè (Bakèlè), ugomba, kasè (Béséki)
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VK 12
Author(s) :
Kerharo, J. & J.G. Adam
Title :
Plantes médicinales et toxiques des Peuls et des Toucouleurs du Sénégal.
Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale et de Botanique Appliquée, (J.A.T.B.A.), 11, 384 - 444 , 543 - 599, (1964)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) to attract the fish
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
saban (Peul)
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.
Family :
Annonaceae
Synonyms :
Uvaria aethiopica Guil. et Pers.
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092), the root of "sange" is pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison "mutali"
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
sange (Mbuti)
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P. G. Waterman :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P. G. Waterman
Family :
Rutaceae
Synonyms :
Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl.
,
Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl. var. preussi Engl
,
Fagara inaequalis Engl.
Reference VN 17
Author(s) :
Noumi, E.
Title :
Animal and plant poisons and their antidotes in Eseka and Mbalmayo regions, Centre Province, Cameroon.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 231-241 (2004)
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 5), general intoxication, stem bark juice of Fagara macrophylla on the arrow head as poison
V(092), maceration of crushed stembark into a river course as fish poison
V(092), maceration of crushed stembark into a river course as fish poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
longue (Eséka), bongo (Mbalmayo)