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Official name :
Aneilema umbrosum (Vahl) Kunth subsp. umbrosum
Family :
Commelinaceae
1 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(001)
Recipes :
H(104) abdominal pain and a pain in the back; pound the leaves of Aneilema umbrosum subsp umbrosum with an another herb, and drink the extract
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
miteeja (Kinyindu)