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Official name :
Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis (Benth.) Hepper
Family :
Scrophulariaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018) headaches, burn this herb of Asystasia gangetica (ningologoshi mwanamke) into ashes together with herbs of Alectra sessiliflora var. Senegalensis (lubenji lukono) and Bidens pilosa (nihasha ), chicken’s head and its blood, cut a little around the head of a patient, and rub the ashes into the cut
(This plant is known by 3 to 5 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
mubenji ulilugono; lubenji lukono (Kinyindu)
Reference HY 06
Author(s) :
Yamada, T.
Title :
A report on the ethnobotany of the Nyindu in the eastern part of the former Zaïre
African Study Monographs,20(1): 1-72, June 1999
Symptoms :
H(018)
Recipes :
H(018) headache, cut a little around the head and rub the ashes of burned leaves of Alectra sessiliflora var. senegalensis there
H(104) abdominal pain "tumbu anakata" cut a little around the navel and rub well the ashes of burned leaves there.
(This plant is known by 3 to 5 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
mubenji ulilugono; lubenji lukono (Kinyindu)
