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Official name :
Amaranthus hybridus L.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Amaranthus caudatus L.
45 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 20
Author(s) :
Adjanohoun et al.
Title :
Contribution to ethnobotanical and floristic studies in Uganda.
O.U.A./C.S.T.R., Lagos (1993)
From the data bank PHARMEL 2 (ref. HP 10)
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091) anemia, powder of dried leaves, to dilute (H2O) of Achyranthes aspera of Amaranthus hybridus, VO.
H(091) anemia, leaves of Amaranthus hybridus, decoction (H2O) , to filter, VO.
H(091) anemia, leaves of Hibiscus acetosella of Achyranthes aspera of Amaranthus hybridus, decoction (H2O) , to filter, VO.
H(091) asthenia, leaves of Hibiscus acetosella of Amaranthus hybridus, maceration, filtration, VO.
H(091) anemia, leaves of Amaranthus hybridus, decoction (H2O) , to filter, VO.
H(091) anemia, leaves of Hibiscus acetosella of Achyranthes aspera of Amaranthus hybridus, decoction (H2O) , to filter, VO.
H(091) asthenia, leaves of Hibiscus acetosella of Amaranthus hybridus, maceration, filtration, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HA 24
Author(s) :
Ayobangira, S.F.X., K. Tsongo & M.J. Kirarahumu
Title :
Contribution à l'étude des plantes médicinales du Nord-Kivu: plantes antihémorroïdaires exploitées dans la ville de Goma.
Rev. Méd. Pharm. Afr., Vol. 14, 75 - 87, (2000)
Symptoms :
H(094)
Recipes :
H(094), 1 hand of roots, infusion (15') in 1 l. H2O, VO.: 3 X / day during 4 days
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Nord-Kivu, Goma)
Vernacular name :
lengalenga (Swahili), (Kinyarwanda),eshonyeero (Hunde), munyere (Mashi), munsere (Nyanga)
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 :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095), leaves are boiled and eaten as relish
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
kpedekpede, ( means "to be soft" ) (Mbuti)
Reference HA 32
Author(s) :
Ayodele, A.E
Title :
The medicinally important leafy vegetables of South western Nigeria
Leaflets Journal on WWW: http://www.siu.edu/~ebl/leaflets/ayodele.htm
Symptoms :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068), leaves, plant cultivated. Tapeworm expellant, relief pulmmary problems, RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Nigeria (Southwestern)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HA 53
Author(s) :
Amenu, E.
Title :
Use and management of medicinal plants by indigenous people of Ejaji area (Chelya woreda) West Shoa, Ethopia: An Ethnobotanical Approach
A Thesis submited to the school of graduate studies, Addis Ababan, Ethiopia, 104 p. June 2007
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) diarrhoea leaf of Amaranthus caudatus is pounded and boiled with pounded Allium sativum and given to cattle.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Western Ethiopia, Oromya Region, West Shoa Zone in Chelya woreda.
Vernacular name :
iyaasuu (Afaan Oromoo)
Reference HA 63
Author(s) :
Abera B.
Title :
Medicinal plants used in traditional medicine by Oromo people, Ghimbi District, Southwest Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,10:40 (2014)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/40
Symptoms :
H(008)
Recipes :
H(008) diarrhea, leaf of Amaranthus caudatus (synonym of Amaranthus hybridus) is pounded and boiled.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Southwest Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
lyyaasuu (Oromo)
Reference HB 37M
Author(s) :
Bossard, E.
Title :
Quelques notes sur l'alimentation et les apports nutritionnels occultes en Angola.
Garcia de Orta, Sér. Bot., Lisboa, 13 (1), 7 - 41 (1996)
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) occasional food complement, seeds, leaves of Amaranthus caudatus
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Angola (regions of Planalto and littoral))
Vernacular name :
(ji)mboa (Kimbundu), moncos-de-peru, chorbes-dos-jardins (Portuguese)
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 :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095), leaves: eatables (Pobeguin, 1912 ).)
H(000) reddish varieties may have an horticultural interest (HB 99 Burkill 1985 ).
H(000) reddish varieties may have an horticultural interest (HB 99 Burkill 1985 ).
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea Conakry
Vernacular name :
boron, moron, boro (Malinké)., fondoulo, fondoulo saman , fondoulo sankoura (Kissi)
Reference HC 51
Author(s) :
Constant, N. L. , M. P. Tshisikhawe
Title :
Hierarchies of knowledge: ethnobotanical knowledge, practices and beliefs of the Vhavenda in South Africa for biodiversity conservation
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:56 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0255-2
Symptoms :
H(095), H(151), H(200x)
Recipes :
H(095) leaves of Amaranthus hybridus: edible vegetable; mixed with tomatoes and salt; relish eaten with porridge;
H(200x) infusion of leaves used to make a drink for new-born children named "khongodoli" to bolster the immune system
H(151) infusion of leaves is also used to treat high blood pressure
H(200x) infusion of leaves used to make a drink for new-born children named "khongodoli" to bolster the immune system
H(151) infusion of leaves is also used to treat high blood pressure
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
vowa (Vhavenda), smooth pigweed (English)
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 :
H(068)
Recipes :
H(068) tapeworm expectorant, ONS., RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia
Vernacular name :
lishalisho, ferenjitef (Amarinya), iyaso, jolili (Galinya), gagabsa (Wollamo)
Reference HG 1k
Author(s) :
Gachathi, F.N.
Title :
Kikuyu botanical dictionary of plant names and uses.
Publication supported by GTZ , (1989)The print shop, P.O. Box 24576, Nairobi.
Symptoms :
H(046)
Recipes :
H(046), leaves, measles, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HG 31
Author(s) :
Gueye, M., M. Diouf
Title :
Traditional leafy vegetables in Senegal: diversity and médicinal uses
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines 4 (4): 469 – 475 (2007)
http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?tc07062
Symptoms :
H(004), H(013), H(053), H(111), H(095), H(173)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds,H(013) abscesses,H(013) pustules, H(053) ear infection and H(111) burns, H(173) lepromes, leaves and roots of Amaranthus hybridus, RNS.
H(095) vegetable herbs, cultivated, boiled leaves are mixed in a sauce
H(095) vegetable herbs, cultivated, boiled leaves are mixed in a sauce
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Reference HH 04
Author(s) :
Hodouto, K. - K.
Title :
Etude chimique des plantes à flavonoides du Togo.
Bull. Méd. Trad. et Pharm.,Vol. 4, n° 1, 31 - 48, (1990)
Symptoms :
H(166)
Recipes :
H(166)spasma, stems, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Togo
Vernacular name :
not registered
Reference HH 8k
Author(s) :
Hirt, H. M. & M. Bindanda
Title :
La médecine naturelle en Afrique.Comment se soigner par les plantes tropicales.
Editions Centre de vulgarisation agricole, B.P. 4008, Kinshasa 2, République du Zaïre, 144 p., (1993)
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091), ONS., RNS., to eat
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre)
Vernacular name :
biteko teko (Kiyaka)
Reference HK 36a
Author(s) :
Kareru, P. G., G. M. Kenji, A. N. Gachanja, J. M. Keriko, G. Mungai
Title :
Traditional medicine among the Embu and Mbeere peoples of Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 4 (1): 75 - 86 (2007)
http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/160/172
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
V(039) worms, leaves of Amaranthus hybridus boiled, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
terere (Embu)
Reference HK 36a
Author(s) :
Kareru, P. G., G. M. Kenji, A. N. Gachanja, J. M. Keriko, G. Mungai
Title :
Traditional medicine among the Embu and Mbeere peoples of Kenya.
African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, Volume 4 (1): 75 - 86 (2007)
http://journals.sfu.ca/africanem/index.php/ajtcam/article/view/160/172
Symptoms :
H(039)
Recipes :
H(039) worms, leaves of Amaranthus hybridus boiled, VO.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Eastern Province, Embu and Mbeere tribes)
Vernacular name :
terere (Embu)
Reference HK 55
Author(s) :
Koni Muluwa, J., K. Bostoen
Title :
Noms et usages des plantes utiles chez les Nsong.
Göteborg Africana Informal Series - N° 6 , 71p., (2008)
Department of Oriental and African Languages. University of Gothenburg (ISSN 1404-8523)
http://www.sprak.gu.se/digitalAssets/1316/1316264_noms-et-usages-des-plantes.pdf
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095), Amaranthus hybridus, food plant as vegetable among the people Nsong of Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Province of Bandundu)
Vernacular name :
Indicated by the author in phonetic note. Not transposable
Reference HK 60
Author(s) :
Konda ku Mbuta, Kabakura Mwima, Mbembe Bitengeli, Itufa Y’okolo, Mahuku Kavuna, Mafuta Mandanga, Mpoyi, Kalambayi, Ndemankeni Izamajole, Kadima Kazembe, Kelela Booto, Ngiuvu Vasaki, Bongombola Mwabonsika, Dumu Lody & Paul Latham
Title :
Plantes médicinales de traditions. Province de l'Equateur – R.D. Congo, Kinshasa 2012 (419 p.)
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (I.R.S.S.) in Kinshasa.
ISBN 9780955420856
Symptoms :
H(026)
Recipes :
H(026) dysmenorrhea, maceration of the gratings of the root of Amaranthus caudatus associated with sugar cane , enema
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (City of Businga)
Vernacular name :
sesedua (Ngwaka)
Reference HK 78
Author(s) :
Kidane, L. , G, Gebremedhin & T, Beyene
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Ganta Afeshum District, Eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,14:64 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0266-z
Symptoms :
H(103)
Recipes :
H(103) teeth ach, chewing fresh root of Amaranthus caudatus can treat for teeth ach
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia, Eastern Zone of Tigray
Vernacular name :
mendef-adgi / hamli-adgi (Tigrigna)
Reference HK 78
Author(s) :
Kidane, L. , G, Gebremedhin & T, Beyene
Title :
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Ganta Afeshum District, Eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine,14:64 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0266-z
Symptoms :
V(201)
Recipes :
Vb(201) evil spirit "zarti", fresh leaf of Amaranthus caudatus is crushed, adds to water, filter and dropped in ear.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia, Eastern Zone of Tigray
Vernacular name :
mendef-adgi / hamli-adgi (Tigrigna)