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Official name :
Polygala gymnoclada Mac Owan
Family :
Polygalaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HP 54
Author(s) :
Phillips, E.P.
Title :
A contribution to the flora of the Leribe Plateau and environs . Annals of the South African Museum16: 1–379 . (1917)
From:
The medical ethnobotany of Lesotho: a review. Bothalia 41,1: 209–228 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) Polygala gymnoclada as love charm; when working divining bone
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Lesotho)
Vernacular name :
mohloki
Reference HS 51
Author(s) :
Sobiecki, J.F.
Title :
A review of plants used in divination in southern Africa and their psychoactive effects
Southern African Humanities, Vol. 20 , Pages 333–351, December, 2008 Pietermaritzburg
Symptoms :
H(167z)
Recipes :
H(167z) psychoactive effects Parts used of Polygala gymnoclada unknown Used when working the divining bones Most Polygala species are said to be used in this way Sotho : This language group includes Northern Sotho, South Sotho and Tswana . The vernacular names mean “the piece of grass of the ancestors” and “the strong stimulant” Sotho : This language group includes Northern Sotho, South Sotho and Tswana
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
lehlokoana la balimo/mohlabeho o moholo (Sotho)
