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Official name :
Athrixia phylicoides DC.
Family :
Asteraceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HA 36
Author(s) :
Amusan, O. O. G., P. S. Dlamini, J. D. Msonthi & L. P. Makhubu
Title :
Some herbal remedies from Manzini region of Swaziland.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 79, pp. 109 - 112, (2002)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874101003816
Symptoms :
H(004)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, grind together 50 g each of the barks of Ozoroa sphaerocarpa and Athrixia phylicoides and add to 5 l water, Use the mixture to wash wounds twice daily for 5 days
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Swaziland, Manzini region)
Vernacular name :
liphephetse
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)
Recipes :
H(095) leaves of Athrixia phylicoides boiled and mixed with Hibiscus trionum to make a tea
H(095) Fruits: used to make a dish named thopi from the fruits named "gwadi"
H(095) Fruits: used to make a dish named thopi from the fruits named "gwadi"
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
mutshatsha (Vhavenda), bushman’s tea (English)
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(139)
Recipes :
H(139) aphrodisiac, roots of Athrixia phylicoides, RNS.
H(095) leaves and stems for tea
H(095) leaves and stems for tea
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
mutshatshaila, mubosotie (Venda)
Reference HM 87
Author(s) :
Mabona U., S.F. Van Vuuren
Title :
Southern African medicinal plants used to treat skin diseases
South African Journal of Botany 87, pp 175–193, (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2013.04.002
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) boils, H(137) sores, whole plant of Athrixia phylicoides, infusion applied to treat sores, boils from ref of: Hutchings (1996), Padayachee (2011) : to be found in bibliography of HM 87_Mabona
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Southern African
Vernacular name :
bushman's tea (local English)
Reference HT 48
Author(s) :
Thornton-Barnett, S.R
Title :
Ancestral pharmacopoeias: a paleoethnobotanical assessment of plant use in the western free state, South Africa
Thesis submitted to the Graduate Council of Texas State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts with a Major in Anthropology, December 2013
Symptoms :
H(091)
Recipes :
H(091) increase strengh, decoction of the whole plant of Athrixia phylicoides
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Basotho Cultural Village herbal trail)
Vernacular name :
sephomolo (Basoto)