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Author(s) :
Desouter, S.
Title :
Pharmacopée humaine et vétérinaire du Rwanda.
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Ann. Sc. Eco., Vol. 22, 254 p., (1991)
Reference VD 04 has information about 33 plants :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Official name :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
V(016)
Recipes :
V(016), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
kaziraruguma, ruhema, inkuruba, uruheza, karura (Kinyarwanda)
Blepharispermum pubescens S. Moore
Official name :
Blepharispermum pubescens S. Moore
Family :
Asteraceae
Symptoms :
V(051)
Recipes :
Vb(051),ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umunyuragisaka (Kinyarwanda)
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Official name :
Cassia didymobotrya Fres.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen) Irwin & Barneby
Symptoms :
V(001), V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(001), + Crassocephalum multicorymbosum , RNS, ONS
Vb(041), ONS., RNS.
Vb(041), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umucyuro, umubagabaga, umucyurabuhoro (en magie) (Kinyarwanda)
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Official name :
Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Symptoms :
V(027)
Recipes :
Vb(027), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umugombe (Kinyarwanda)
Cissus adenocaulis Steud. ex A. Rich.
Official name :
Cissus adenocaulis Steud. ex A. Rich.
Family :
Vitaceae
Symptoms :
V(016)
Recipes :
Vb(016), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umubombwe (Kinyarwanda)
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Official name :
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family :
Vitaceae
Synonyms :
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
Symptoms :
V(054), V(022)
Recipes :
Vb(054), Vc(022), Vo(022), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
runya (Kinyarwanda)
Clematis simensis Fres.
Official name :
Clematis simensis Fres.
Family :
Ranunculaceae
Symptoms :
V(016)
Recipes :
Vb(016), leaves, cataplasm
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umukamba, umunkamba (Kinyarwanda)
Commelina ancilema ?
Official name :
Commelina ancilema ?
Family :
Commelinaceae
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) calf, ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
uruteja (Kinyarwanda)
Commelina cyanotis L.
Official name :
Commelina cyanotis L.
Family :
Commelinaceae
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) calf, ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
uruteja (Kinyarwanda)
Commelina sp.
Official name :
Commelina sp.
Family :
Commelinaceae
Symptoms :
V(002x)
Recipes :
Vc(002x), leaves, VO. When goats lose their baby before the weaning
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Kivu, Bukavu)
Vernacular name :
lurhadu
Crassocephalum mannii (Hook.f.) Milne-Redh.
Official name :
Crassocephalum mannii (Hook.f.) Milne-Redh.
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Crassocephalum multicorymbosum (Klatt) S. Moore
,
Solanecio mannii (Hook. f.) C. Jeffrey
Symptoms :
V(005), V(041)
Recipes :
Vb(005), Vb(041), ONS. , RNS., + Cassia didymobotrya
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umutagara (Kinyarwanda)
Dombeya goetzenii K. Schum.
Official name :
Dombeya goetzenii K. Schum.
Family :
Sterculiaceae
Symptoms :
V(005)
Recipes :
Vb(005), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umukore (Kinyarwanda)
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
Official name :
Dracaena afromontana Mildbr.
Family :
Dracaenaceae
Symptoms :
V(008)
Recipes :
Vb(008) calf, leaves pounded H2O, juice+ sorgho beer (not fermented), maceration during 1 night, VO., 1 drink, morning and evening during 2 days
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umuhati (Kinyarwanda)
Dryopteris sp.
Official name :
Dryopteris sp.
Family :
Dryopteridaceae
Symptoms :
V(068)
Recipes :
Vcanis(068)tenia , ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
iraba (Kinyarwanda)
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Official name :
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Family :
Musaceae
Synonyms :
Musa ensete J.F. Gmel.
Symptoms :
V(013), V(014)
Recipes :
V(013), ONS., RNS.
V(014), ONS., RNS.
V(014), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
intembe (Kinyarwanda)
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC.
Official name :
Erythrina abyssinica Lam. ex DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Erythrina suberifera Welw. ex Baker
Symptoms :
V(001)
Recipes :
Vb(001), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umuko (Kinyarwanda)
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Official name :
Euphorbia candelabrum Trémaux ex Kotschy
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Symptoms :
V(014)
Recipes :
V(014), latex in a bath of H2O, wash
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Uganda (Ankole)
Vernacular name :
enkukuuru
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Official name :
Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Euphorbia laro Drake
Symptoms :
V(039)
Recipes :
Vcanis(039), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umuyenzi (Kinyarwanda)
Girardinia condensata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.
Official name :
Girardinia condensata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Wedd.
Family :
Urticaceae
Symptoms :
V(035)
Recipes :
V(035), RNS, ONS
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umusurusuru (Kinyarwanda)
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir.
Official name :
Harungana madagascariensis Lam. ex Poir.
Family :
Hypericaceae
Symptoms :
V(008), V(068)
Recipes :
Vv(008), ONS., RNS.
Vv(068), ONS., RNS.
Vv(068), ONS., RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Rwanda
Vernacular name :
umushayishayi (Kinyarwanda)