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Official name :
Canthium inerme (L. f.) Kuntze
Family :
Rubiaceae
3 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HC 25
Author(s) :
Corrigan, B.M. , B.-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.M. Jardine
Title :
Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany 77, 346–359 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095), the fruit of Canthium inerme is eaten
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umVuthwamini
Reference HD 29
Author(s) :
de Wet, H. , S.Nciki, S.F. van Vuuren
Title :
Medicinal plants used for the treatment of various skin disorders by a rural community in northern Maputaland, South Africa
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 9:51, (2013) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-51
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/51 + Additional file 1
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) acne, one fresh twig of Canthium inerme is chopped with that of Dichrostachys cinerea and bring to boil in 5 L of water. Steam twice a day for a week to treat acne.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (northern Maputaland)
Vernacular name :
umvuthwamini
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(201)
Recipes :
H1 ritual Unspecified parts of Canthium inerme are prepared into a cold-water infusion that is taken orally with other plants as a drinking medicine in the ihamba spirit exorcism ritual Ndembu: Zambia/Angola/Zaire [45] Psychoactive effects were experienced after the infusion was taken [45]
Region :
Southern Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
muhotuhotu (Ndembu: Zambia/Angola/Zaïre)
