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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)