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Official name :
Acalypha echinus Pax & K.Hoffm.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
1 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HM 39
Author(s) :
Medley, K
Title :
Extractive forest resources of the Tana river national primate reserve, Kenya
Economic Botany 47 (2) pp. 171-183. (1993)
Symptoms :
H(004), H(175)
Recipes :
H(004), H(175), leaves of Acalypha echinus used as a poultice in circumcision.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Kenya (Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare mountain range)
Vernacular name :
mvundakiundu, mgawabarisa (Pokomo)
