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Official name :
Ancylobotrys petersiana (Klotzsch) Pierre
Family :
Apocynaceae
2 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HW 12
Author(s) :
Walsh, M.
Title :
The Use of Wild and Cultivated Plants as famine Foods on Pemba Island, Zanzibar
Plantes et Sociétés: Études océan Indien 42-43 (2009)
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) Ancylobotrys petersiana as food plant in Pemba Island during periods of food shortages
Region :
Zanzibar
Country :
Tanzania, Zanzibar (Pemba Island)
Vernacular name :
mtoria (swahili)
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(095), H(238)
Recipes :
H(095) The fruit of Ancylobotrys petersiana is edible;
H(238) (C8) People can obtain gum from the sap;
(This plant is known by 1 to 2 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
kagatta (Kinyindu)
