Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(095), H(203)
Recipes :
H(095) White soft tissue of Dictyophleba lucida around the seeds, tasting sweet-sour, is swallowed together with the seeds (Efe Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
H(095) The fruit is eaten raw (from Efe Pygmies, around Nduye village and Mbuti Pygmies, around Teturi village in the Ituri forest)
H(095), The sour-sweet white flesharound the seeds is eaten
H(203), The white latex is used for making a rubber catapult (Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
mangocha’aei, gbado’aei (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest), malondo (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)
