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Official name :
Elaeophorbia drupifera (Thonn.) Stapf
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HC 21
Author(s) :
Chevalier, A.
Title :
Les plantes magiques cultivées par les noirs d'Afrique et leur origine.
Plus personal communications Father André Walker to the author.
Rev. Bot. Appl., Agric. Trop., 27, p. 93 - 105, (1937)
Symptoms :
H(092)
Recipes :
H(092), ordeal, few drops of roots of Elaeophorbia drupifera for ceremonies test are droped in the eye of the accused.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
West Africa.
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Reference HT 15b
Author(s) :
Thomas, J.M.C.
Title :
Quelques plantes connues des Ngbaka de la Lobaye
Journal de la Société des Africanistes. tome 30 fascicule 1. pp. 75-93, (1960)
Symptoms :
H(201)
Recipes :
H(201) Its main function is to protect the house against of witches..
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Lobaye region, village of Boboua)
Vernacular name :
songo (Ngbaka)
Reference HT 53
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(092), H(173)
Recipes :
H(173) A leaf-decoction of Elaeophorbia drupifera is used for washing the body of a man suffering from leprosy known as "ondekomba."
H(092) The leaves are used for making an arrow-poison (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(092) The leaves are smashed to make a fishing-poison.(Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
H(092) The leaves are used for making an arrow-poison (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
H(092) The leaves are smashed to make a fishing-poison.(Mbuti Pygmies in the Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
mundiukpo (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest), amataisongo (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)
Reference HV 03
Author(s) :
Vergiat, A.-M.
Title :
Plantes magiques et médicinales des féticheurs de l'Oubangui (Région de Bangui) (3e partie)
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 16, n°9-10, Septembre-octobre 1969. pp. 418-456;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°1-4, Janvier-février-mars-avril 1970. pp. 60-91;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°5-6, Mai-juin 1970. pp. 171-199;
Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 17, n°7-9, Juillet-août-septembre 1970. pp. 295-339
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1969_num_16_9_3037
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_1_3053
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_5_3060
http://www.persee.fr/doc/jatba_0021-7662_1970_num_17_7_3071
Symptoms :
H(013)
Recipes :
H(013) juice from the scrapped the roots bark of Elaeophorbia drupifera is expressed on the crows-crows, then the scrapings applied on them in poultice.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Central African Republic (Oubangui)
Vernacular name :
banzakoro (Manja).
Reference HV 54
Author(s) :
Van der Veen, L.J., S. Bodinga-bwa-Bodinga
Title :
Une société traditionnelle noire africaine et ses plantes utiles : les Eviya du Gabon
Document submitted for publication
http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/Van der Veen/Van der Veen_à paraître_a.pdf
Symptoms :
H(006), H(201)
Recipes :
H(006) purgative, juice Elaeophorbia drupifera at very low doses.
H(201) fetish uses: preservation of lightning effects, production of drugs
H(201) fetish uses: preservation of lightning effects, production of drugs
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Gabon (Eviya habitat)
Vernacular name :
(O-)mbego , (Eviya language)