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Reference : VN 17
Author(s) :
Noumi, E.
Title :
Animal and plant poisons and their antidotes in Eseka and Mbalmayo regions, Centre Province, Cameroon.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 93, pp. 231-241 (2004)
Reference VN 17 has information about 4 plants :
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
Official name :
Erythrophleum guineense G. Don
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 10), general intoxication, stembarks or seeds juice as arrow poison
V(092), V(123) rat poison, stembarks or seeds powder in food as a lure
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
tom (Eséka), elon (Mbalmayo)
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Official name :
Nicotiana tabacum L.
Family :
Solanaceae
Symptoms :
V(092), V(130)
Recipes :
V(092, 15), V(130), leaf juice as arrow poison, excitement and paralysing action
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
tah (Mbalmayo), depah (Bandjoum), ndifong (Ombessa)
Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.
Official name :
Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f.
Family :
Fabaceae
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 49) maceration of crushed leaves, ichtyotoxic effect
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
ofe (Mbalmayo)
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P. G. Waterman
Official name :
Zanthoxylum gilletii (De Wild.) P. G. Waterman
Family :
Rutaceae
Synonyms :
Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl.
,
Fagara macrophylla (Oliv.) Engl. var. preussi Engl
,
Fagara inaequalis Engl.
Symptoms :
V(092)
Recipes :
V(092, 5), general intoxication, stem bark juice of Fagara macrophylla on the arrow head as poison
V(092), maceration of crushed stembark into a river course as fish poison
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon (Centre Province)
Vernacular name :
longue (Eséka), bongo (Mbalmayo)
