Prelude Medicinal Plants Database
Search | Practical Guide | Authors | DisclaimerSymptom : V(092)
Description :
poison, poisoning, toxic, curarizing
137 plants found in 72 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 poisoning 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.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
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 (2000)
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
Ageratum conyzoides L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VC 09b
Author(s) :
Curasson, M.G.
Title :
Arbre, arbustes, buissons et fourrages spontanés divers en régions tropicales et subtropicales.Revue d' élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Tome 6 (nouvelle série) n° 1, 37 - 56, 91-112, 1953
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
Vb(092) Ageratum conyzoides considered toxic to cattle.
Region :
Occidental Africa
Country :
Africa (Occidental)
Vernacular name :
not registered
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)
Aloe barteri Bak. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe barteri Bak.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Synonyms :
Aloe buettneri A. Berger
Reference HD 58
Author(s) :
Dieteren, G.
Title :
Classification des végétaux chez les Dogon
Journal des Africanistes, 22 pp. 115-158 (1952)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jafr_0037-9166_1952_num_22_1_1845
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Aloe barteri, ichthyotoxic plant: The leaves are crushed on a rock near the water and thrown into the water with the juice which has been expressed; she stays there until rotting
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mali (Cliffs of Bandiagara)
Vernacular name :
na nine « langue de la mère»
Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii Harms :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HV 03
Author(s) :
Vergiat, A.-M.
Title :
Plantes magiques et médicinales des féticheurs de l'Oubangui (Région de Bangui) (3e partie)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 16, n°9-10, Septembre-octobre 1969. pp. 418-456;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°1-4, Janvier-février-mars-avril 1970. pp. 60-91;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°5-6, Mai-juin 1970. pp. 171-199;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°7-9, Juillet-août-septembre 1970. pp. 295-339
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1969_num_16_9_3037
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_1_3053
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_5_3060
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_7_3071
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) The seed of Amblygonocarpus schweinfurthii, reduced to powder, is a fish narcotic
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui)
Vernacular name :
ye (Manja), kakeleka (Dakpwa), yake (Gbaya).
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
Synonyms :
Lepisanthes senegalensis (Juss. ex Poir.) Leenh.
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
Artemisia herba-alba Asso :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Artemisia herba-alba Asso
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference VC 09b
Author(s) :
Curasson, M.G.
Title :
Arbre, arbustes, buissons et fourrages spontanés divers en régions tropicales et subtropicales.Revue d' élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux, Tome 6 (nouvelle série) n° 1, 37 - 56, 91-112, 1953
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092) Artemisia herba-alba can cause intestinal accidents.
Region :
North Africa
Country :
North Africa
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