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Description :
abortifacient
18 plants found in 13 reference(s) :
Acacia polyacantha Willd. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia polyacantha Willd.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VN 22
Author(s) :
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
Title :
Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874106002819
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112) abortion, leaves of Acacia polyacantha, to boil
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name :
mûcemei
Adansonia digitata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Adansonia digitata L.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Synonyms :
Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev.
Reference VL 17
Author(s) :
Lobry, M.
Title :
Les soins au bétail chez les Peuls : une tradition ancestrale.
Bull.soc.fr.hist.méd.sci.vét. , 2 (2 ) (2003)
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112), the take away of the fœtus is made with a knife. The shepherd has to cut his nails and to wash his hands and arms with a lubrifiant liquid whish include barks of Adansonia digitata (baobab) and leaves of Ceratotheca sesamoides.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea (Fouta-Djallon region), Mali (Macina region), Cameroun (Adamoua table land).
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Aloe secundiflora Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe secundiflora Engl.
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference VN 22
Author(s) :
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
Title :
Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874106002819
Symptoms :
V(091), V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(091) general weakness, the whole plant of Aloe secundiflora, to boil
Vb(091) weakening of bones, leaves, to boil
Vb(112) abortion, leaves, to boil
Vb(091) weakening of bones, leaves, to boil
Vb(112) abortion, leaves, to boil
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name :
mûgwanûgû
Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herbert :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Boophone disticha (L.f.) Herbert
Family :
Amaryllidaceae
Reference VV 09
Author(s) :
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
Title :
Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa.
Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001)
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112), bulb scales of Boophone disticha, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name :
matubadifala (Setswana)
Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl.
Family :
Pedaliaceae
Synonyms :
Sesamum heudelotii Stapf
Reference VL 17
Author(s) :
Lobry, M.
Title :
Les soins au bétail chez les Peuls : une tradition ancestrale.
Bull.soc.fr.hist.méd.sci.vét. , 2 (2 ) (2003)
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112), the take away of the fœtus is made with a knife. The shepherd has to cut his nails and to wash his hands and arms with a lubrifiant liquid whish include barks of Adansonia digitata (baobab) and leaves of Ceratotheca sesamoides.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea (Fouta-Djallon region), Mali (Macina region), Cameroun (Adamoua table land).
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Chenopodium ambrosioides L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Family :
Chenopodiaceae
Synonyms :
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
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(045), V(051), V(068), V(112)
Recipes :
Vv(068), whole plant, RNS.
Vv(045), Vv(051), Vv(112), this plant is also renowned febrifuge, antiseptic and abortive
Vv(045), Vv(051), Vv(112), this plant is also renowned febrifuge, antiseptic and abortive
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Madagascar
Vernacular name :
akatasavola, taimborontsiloza, tetrolokolona.
Cynodon sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cynodon sp.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VF 05
Author(s) :
Fison, T.
Title :
Some ethnoveterinary information from South Sudan
Undated document
http://www.vetwork.org.uk/evkfison.pdf
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112) abortion, ask the mother (better), or father, of twins to come and tie a special, thin rope made from a grass called muon (probably Cynodon) around the neck of the aborted cow. They must also say some special words.(Dinka)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
South-Soudan (Dinka zone)
Vernacular name :
muon
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.
Family :
Meliaceae
Synonyms :
Ekebergia rueppelliana (Fresen.) A.Rich.
Reference VN 22
Author(s) :
Njoroge, G. N. & R. W. Bussmann
Title :
Herbal usage and informant concensus in ethnoveterinary management of cattle diseases among Kikuyus (Central Kenya).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 108, pp. 332-339 ( 2006)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874106002819
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112) abortion, gall of Ekebergia capensis, to boil
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (central province)
Vernacular name :
mûnjuga iria
Embelia schimperi Vatke :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Embelia schimperi Vatke
Family :
Myrsinaceae
Synonyms :
Embelia kilimandschari Gilg
Reference VD 03
Author(s) :
Defour, G.
Title :
Plantes médicinales traditionnelles au Kivu (République du Zaïre), (1994)
Documentation du Sous-Réseau PRÉLUDE
Symptoms :
V(076), V(112)
Recipes :
V(076)glossite, juice of leaves + Pentas zanzibarica + Embelia schiperi, ONS., RNS.
V(112), ONS., RNS.V(121) blue tongue, juice of leaves + Pentas zanzibarica + Embelia schiperi, ONS., RNS.
V(112), ONS., RNS.V(121) blue tongue, juice of leaves + Pentas zanzibarica + Embelia schiperi, ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi, South - Kivu)
Vernacular name :
ishalula bahivi (shi)
Erythrophleum lasianthum Corb. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Erythrophleum lasianthum Corb.
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference VH 15
Author(s) :
Hutchings A., Lewis G. and Cunningham A
Title :
Zulu Medicinal Plants: An Inventory (Paperback).
University of Natal Press. Pietermeritzburg. (1996) From reference VD 17, HP 50, VM 18
Symptoms :
V(037), V(112)
Recipes :
V(037) lung sickness in cattle, bark, RNS.
Vcanis (112) abortions in dogs, bark, RNS.
Vcanis (112) abortions in dogs, bark, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Zulu region)
Vernacular name :
not registered
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)
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & Avé-Lall. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch. & Avé-Lall.
Family :
Hypoxidaceae
Reference VV 09
Author(s) :
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
Title :
Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa.
Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001)
Symptoms :
V(000), V(033), V(047), V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(000)general ailments, Vb(033), Vb(047), Vb(112), corn of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name :
tsuku-ya-poo (Setswana)
Hypoxis rigidula Baker :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Hypoxis rigidula Baker
Family :
Hypoxidaceae
Reference VV 09
Author(s) :
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
Title :
Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa.
Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001)
Symptoms :
V(000), V(033), V(047), V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(000)general ailments, Vb(033), Vb(047), Vb(112), corn of Hypoxis hemerocallidea, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name :
tsuku-ya-poo (Setswana)
Manihot esculenta Crantz :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Manihot esculenta Crantz
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Manihot utilissima Pohl
Reference VH 11
Author(s) :
Haxaire Claudie (Pharmacienne)
Title :
Phytothérapie et Médecine Familiale chez les Gbaya-Kara (République Centrafricaine)
Thèse de doctorat, Université de Paris, Fac. Pharmacie., 320 p., (1979)
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vcanis(112), to dip the animal into the water of rincing of the manioc
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic
Vernacular name :
Indicated by the author in phonetic note. not transposable
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit. :
3 reference(s)
Official name :
Phytolacca dodecandra L'Hérit.
Family :
Phytolaccaceae
Synonyms :
Phytolacca abyssinica Hoffm.
Reference VB 14
Author(s) :
Byavu, N., C. Henrard, M. Dubois & F. Malaisse
Title :
Phytothérapie traditionnelle des bovins dans les élevages de la plaine de la Rusizi,
Biotechnol. Agron. Soc. Environ. 4 (3), 135 - 156, (2000)
Symptoms :
V(030), V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(030), VO., 1 bouttle maceration leaves + 1 bottle milk
Vb(039), VO., cooked leaves + H2O
Vb(112), VO., few maceration of leaves
Vb(039), VO., cooked leaves + H2O
Vb(112), VO., few maceration of leaves
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Rusizi, Kivu)
Vernacular name :
umuhokoro, umuraganyina (Kinyarwanda)
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(022), V(112)
Recipes :
V(022), V(112), ONS, RNS
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Simanjiro country)
Vernacular name :
endod (Amarinya), endoda (Galinya), endott, shebeti, shipti, sobet (Tiginya)
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(112)
Recipes :
V(112), crushed roots + H2O, VO. , attention to dosage
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Central Tigre region)
Vernacular name :
shibti
Polygonum meissnerianum Cham. Schlecht. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Polygonum meissnerianum Cham. Schlecht.
Family :
Polygonaceae
Reference VB 3k
Author(s) :
Bost, R.
Title :
Pharmacopée malgache.
Mémoire de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar, série B, Tome 10, Fasc. 2, 159 - 234, (1961)
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(112)abortif vache, plt ent, decoction, infusion
Region :
Madagascar
Country :
Madagascar
Vernacular name :
mahavaviomby
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.F.) Wild & Drumm. subsp. cuneifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.R. Urton :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Rhoicissus tridentata (L.F.) Wild & Drumm. subsp. cuneifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.R. Urton
Family :
Vitaceae
Reference VV 09
Author(s) :
van der Merwe, D., G. E. Swan, C. J. Botha
Title :
Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa.
Journal of the South Africa Veterinary Association 72, 189-196, (2001)
Symptoms :
V(000), V(015), V(047), V(068), V(112)
Recipes :
Vb(000)general ailment, V(015), Vb(047), Vb(112), tube of Rhoicissus tridentata r, RNS.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (North West Province)
Vernacular name :
ntagaraga (Setswana)
Sida schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Sida schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Family :
Malvaceae
Synonyms :
Sida cuneifolia auct.
Reference VT 26
Author(s) :
Tilahum Teklehaymanot, Mirutse GidayGirmay Medhim,Yalemtsehay Mekonnen
Title :
Knowledge and use of medicinal plants by people around Debre Libanos monastery in Ethiopia.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 111, pp. 271 - 283 ((2007))
Symptoms :
V(112)
Recipes :
V(112) abortion (shotelaye), roots of Sida schimperiana tied around forehead
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (region of the Debre Libanos monastery)
Vernacular name :
chifrig (Amharic)