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Official name :
Adenium obesum (Forssk.) Roemer & Schultes
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Nerium obesum Forssk.
,
Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov.
,
Adenium honghel A.DC.
20 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 05
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun, E., M.R.A. Ahyi, L. Ake Assi, J. Baniakina, P. Chibon, G. Cusset, V. Doulou, A. Enzanza, J. Eymé, E. Goudoté, A. Keita, C. Mbemba, J. Mollet, J.- M. Moutsamboté, J. Mpati, P. Sita
Title :
Contribution aux études ethnobotaniques et floristiques en République populaire du Congo.
Agence de coopération culturelle et technique, (A.C.C.T.), Paris, 605 p., (1988)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(137)
Recipes :
H(137) pelvic, barks stem, branch, trunk of Adenium obessum decoction (H2O) , VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Popular republic) (Brazzaville) (ex Brazaville Congo)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HC 02
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A. & M. Laffitte
Title :
Une enquête sur les plantes médicinales de l'Afrique occidentale.Rev. Bot. Appl., Agric. Trop., 27, 165 - 175, (1937)
http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jatba_0370-3681_1937_num_17_187_5718
Symptoms :
H(207)
Recipes :
H(207) arrows poison, poisons against rodents, bark of the trunk and the young twigs of Adenium honghel
Region :
Occidental Africa
Country :
Africa (Occidental)
Vernacular name :
toukala, sitandi (Malinké)
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 :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092) plant sometimes used as poison , RNS.(HC 29 Curasson 1938 ).
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
boulou kourané (Malinké), boulou kourouné, dindji pété.(Poular), kidi sarané (Soussou).
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 HC 55
Author(s) :
Cisse, A, M Gueye, A. Ka, F. Ndiaye, S. Koma, L.E. Akpo
Title :
Ethnobotanique des plantes médicinales chez les bergers peuls de Widou Thiengoly de la commune de Téssékéré (Ferlo-Nord Sénégal).
Journal of Applied Biosciences 98 (2016)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) medical-magical, against evil spirits, barks of Adenium obesum, RNS. (medicinal species sometimes used in combination with other species)
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Sengal (Ferlo-North)
Vernacular name :
not registered by the authors
Reference HH 21
Author(s) :
Ould Mohamed vall Hmeyada, A.
Title :
Contribution to study of the medicinal plants of Mauritania
Ann. Univ. Lomé (Togo), 2009, série Sciences, Tome XVII : 9-27
Symptoms :
H(014)
Recipes :
H(014) dermatosis, symptom treated by Adenium obesum, ONS., RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mauritania
Vernacular name :
not registered by the author
Reference HK 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 (1964)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1964_num_11_10_2785
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, 543 - 599, (1964)
https://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1964_num_11_12_2795
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092) very toxic
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
darbugé, darbugöl, darabuki, darbuki (Peul, Tocolor)
Reference HK 13
Author(s) :
Kokwaro, J.O.
Title :
Medicinal plants of East Africa.
East african literature bureau, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, 368 p., (1976)
Symptoms :
H(039)
Recipes :
H(039), insecticide lice, toxic for man, roots
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya, Uganda
Vernacular name :
kalun (Pokot, Kenya, Ouganda)
Reference HM 32
Author(s) :
Magassouba, F.B., A. Dialloa, M. Kouyaté, F. Mara, O.Bangoura, A. Camara, S. Traoré, A.K. Diall, G. Camara, S. Traoré, A. Keita, M.K. Camara, R. Barry, S. Keita, K. Oularé, M.S. Barry, M. Donzo, K. Camara, K. Toté, D. Vanden Berghe, J. Totté, L.. Pieters, A.J. Vlietinck, A.M. Baldé
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey and antibacterial activity of some plants used in Guinean traditional medicine.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 114, pp. 44 - 53 (2007)
Symptoms :
H(045)
Recipes :
H(045, 6) antiseptic, again infection, leaves of Adenium obesum, decoction, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
dyindyi (Pular)
Reference HM 78
Author(s) :
Malzy, P.
Title :
Quelques plantes du Nord Cameroun et leurs utilisations.
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 1, n°5-6, pp. 148-179; (1954)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1954_num_1_5_2147
Quelques plantes du Nord Cameroun et leurs utilisations (suite et fin)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 1, n°7-9, pp. 317-332; (1954)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1954_num_1_7_2164
Symptoms :
H(014), H(092)
Recipes :
H(014) scabies, crushed bark of Adenium obesum with butter, local application
H(092) poison, caustic latex is dangerous
H(092) poison, caustic latex is dangerous
Region :
West Africa
Country :
North Cameroon
Vernacular name :
darboki (Fulfuldé)), pied d'éléphant (French)
Reference HM 78
Author(s) :
Malzy, P.
Title :
Quelques plantes du Nord Cameroun et leurs utilisations.
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 1, n°5-6, pp. 148-179; (1954)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1954_num_1_5_2147
Quelques plantes du Nord Cameroun et leurs utilisations (suite et fin)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 1, n°7-9, pp. 317-332; (1954)
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1954_num_1_7_2164
Symptoms :
V(095)
Recipes :
V(095) the Fulbe use the bark of Adenium obesum mixed with salt and soil for fattening livestock
Region :
West Africa
Country :
North Cameroon
Vernacular name :
darboki (Fulfuldé)), pied d'éléphant (French)
Reference HP 55
Author(s) :
Paulos, B., T. Gedif Fenta , D. Bisrat & K. Asres
Title :
Health seeking behavior and use of medicinal plants among the Hamer ethnic group, South Omo zone, south western Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 12:44 (2016)
Symptoms :
H(104), H(201)
Recipes :
H(104) abdominal colic, roots of Adenium obesum chopped, chewed and juice swallowed
H(201) evil eye, roots chopped, boiled in water, cooled and VO. (Recipe reported by household members and healers)
H(201) evil eye, roots chopped, boiled in water, cooled and VO. (Recipe reported by household members and healers)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
South Western Ethiopia ( South Omo zone)
Vernacular name :
gebez dhesha
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 :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(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 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 HY 07
Author(s) :
Yebouk, C., F. Z. Redouan, G. Benítez, M. Bouhbal, M. Kadiri, A. I. Boumediana, J. Molero-Mesa, A. Merzouk
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in the Adrar Province, Mauritania
Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 246, 10 January 2020, 112217
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112217
Symptoms :
H(013), H(103)
Recipes :
H(013) boils, extraction of the latex of Adenium obesum, cataplasm
H(103) teeth ache, leaves in powder, cataplasm
H(103) teeth ache, leaves in powder, cataplasm
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Mauritania (Adrar Province)
Vernacular name :
twydymet dhyb (Arabic)
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
Reference VD 23
Author(s) :
Dassou H. G., C. A. Ogni, H. Yedomonhan, A. C. Adomou, M. Tossou , J. T. Dougnon et A. Akoegninou
Title :
Diversité, usages vétérinaires et vulnérabilité des plantes médicinales au Nord-Bénin
Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 8(1): 189-210, February (2014)
http://ajol.info/index.php/ijbcs
Symptoms :
V(002), V(074)
Recipes :
Vb(002, 6) agalactia, leaves d’Adenium obesum + fruits of Vigna unguiculata, pounding + H2O, 1 L, 2 times / day during 5 days, VO.
Vb(074, 2) bovine pasteurellosis, exudate of Bombax costatum + stem Adenium obesum + bark of Isoberlinia doka, decoction in small quantities, VO. 1 time / day, until healing
Vb(074, 2) bovine pasteurellosis, exudate of Bombax costatum + stem Adenium obesum + bark of Isoberlinia doka, decoction in small quantities, VO. 1 time / day, until healing
Region :
West Africa
Country :
North-Benin
Vernacular name :
djolouhi (Peuhl)
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(001), V(008x), V(008), V(015)
Recipes :
Vv(001, r), hen, flowing eyes, instillation juice tuber roots (rare) (shona )
Vb(008x) + Vb(015), drink every 12 hours, infusion root tubereuse (rare) ( shona )
Vv(008, r), drops of infusion of tuber root in H2O (rare) (shona )
Vb(008x) + Vb(015), drink every 12 hours, infusion root tubereuse (rare) ( shona )
Vv(008, r), drops of infusion of tuber root in H2O (rare) (shona )
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (zone shona)
Vernacular name :
not registered
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(014)
Recipes :
Vb(014) mange (emitina), poultice made from barks of Adenium obessum, (receipt from the Tepeth tribe)
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Karamoja of northern Uganda)
Vernacular name :
elemu (Ngakarimojong)
Reference VN 26
Author(s) :
Nanyingi, M. O., J. M Mbaria, A. L. Lanyasunya, C. G. Wagate, K. B Koros, H. F Kaburia, R. W Munenge, W. O Ogara
Title :
Ethnopharmacological survey of Samburu District, Kenya.
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2008, 4:14 doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-14
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
V(039, f) ectoparasites, powdering , cold decoction of stem barks of Adenium obesum, local application
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Samburu district)
Vernacular name :
lperantai (Samburu)