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Reference : VK 2k

Author(s) : Kargbo, T. H.

Title : Traditional midwifery practice in Sierra Leone and some medicinal plants used by traditional birth attendants, 212 - 220, (1979) Quatrième symposium inter-africain OUA / CSTR sur la Pharmacopée traditionnelle et les plantes médicinales africaines.(Le Abidgan-Côte d'Ivoire, 25-29 septembre 1979) Rapport et recommandations, Lagos, OUA / CSTR, P. M. B. 2359, Lagos, Nigeria.Cairo, University Press, 744 p. (1983)

Reference VK 2k has information about 2 plants :

Cassia sp.

Official name : Cassia sp.

Family : Fabaceae

Synonyms : Senna sp.

Symptoms : V(027y)

Recipes : V(027y), leaves, decoction, VO

Region : West Africa

Country : Sierra Leone

Vernacular name : puta puta

Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.

Official name : Xylopia aethiopica (Dunal) A. Rich.

Family : Annonaceae

Synonyms : Uvaria aethiopica Guil. et Pers.

Symptoms : V(027y)

Recipes : V(027y), pounded seeds, decoction, VO

Region : West Africa

Country : Sierra Leone

Vernacular name : not registered

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