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Official name :
Eulophia cucullata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Steud.
Family :
Orchidaceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HB 40
Author(s) :
Bryant, A.T.
Title :
Zulu medicine and medicine-men.
C. Struik, ,1966. CapeTown (originally published in 1909 in the Ann. Natal Mus.). : from references HG 50, HB 50, HC 26, HL 22
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) male impotence, decoction of he bulbous root of Eulophia cucullata, RNS. (From reference: HC 26)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
amabelejongosi, uhlamvu lwabafazi, umabelejongosi, undwendweni
Reference HS 32
Author(s) :
Steenkamp, V.
Title :
Traditional herbal remedies used by South African women for gynaecological complaints
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 86, 97–108, (2003)
Symptoms :
H(033)
Recipes :
H(033) infertility, roots of Eulophia cucullata, RNS. registered from Hulme, M.M., 1954. Wild Flowers of Natal. Shuter and Shooter, Pietermaritzburg
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
undwendweni (Zulu), bell orchid (English)
Reference VG 23
Author(s) :
Gerstner, J.
Title :
A preliminary checklist of Zulu names of plants with short notes.
Bantu Studies 12, 215–236, 321–342. (1938). From reference VM 18, HC 26, HL 22
A preliminary checklist of Zulu names of plants with short notes.
Bantu Studies 15, 277–301, 369–383.(1941) From reference VM 18
Symptoms :
H(055)
Recipes :
H(055) emetic infusions, bulbous roots of Eulophia cucullata (From reference: HC 26).
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
amabelejongosi, uhlamvu lwabafazi, umabelejongosi, undwendweni
Reference VH 16
Author(s) :
Hulme, M.M.
Title :
Wild Flowers of Natal.
Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg. (1954) (partially from HC 26)
Symptoms :
Recipes :
H(033) Eulophia cucullata bulbous root infusion is ingested in small doses by married couples if the wife is considered barren (From reference: HC 26).
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
amabelejongosi, uhlamvu lwabafazi, umabelejongosi, undwendweni
Reference VW 01
Author(s) :
Watt, J.M., Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G.
Title :
The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa.E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburg and London, Second edition, 1457 p., (1962) (partially from the references VM 18, HV 09, HC 26, HL 22, HS 32)
Symptoms :
H(175)
Recipes :
H(175) cooked roots of Eulophia cucullata used in Malawi as a poultice (From reference: HC 26)
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
amabelejongosi, uhlamvu lwabafazi, umabelejongosi, undwendweni