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Description :
object to clean, maintain, polish
2 plants found in 1 reference(s) :
Ficus exasperata Vahl :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ficus exasperata Vahl
Family :
Moraceae
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(103z), H(178), H(219), H(239)
Recipes :
H(095) The wood of Ficus exasperata is made into a tub named "lukenjifor" making banana wine
H(178) illness of heart "dawa ya moyo"; decoct the bark of Ficus exasperata together with the leaves of "nbatama " Plantago palmata and "kimumu " Spermacoce princeae var. pubescens, and drink the liquid
H(219) the wood is used for a house post
H(239) The wood is used for firewood
H(103z) the hairy leaves are used for polishing board or ivory bracelets and washing plates
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
H(178) illness of heart "dawa ya moyo"; decoct the bark of Ficus exasperata together with the leaves of "nbatama " Plantago palmata and "kimumu " Spermacoce princeae var. pubescens, and drink the liquid
H(219) the wood is used for a house post
H(239) The wood is used for firewood
H(103z) the hairy leaves are used for polishing board or ivory bracelets and washing plates
(This plant is known by +/_ 9 informants)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
lukenga (Kinyindu)
Ficus sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ficus sp.
Family :
Moraceae
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(068), H(178), H(219), H(239)
Recipes :
H(068) vermifuge; the bark of "kamimb" Ficus sp. is pounded and cooked well in the water, then the decoction is taken in the morning
H(178) illness of the heart; the bark of "mouganjokka" Ficus sp. is pounded together with leaves of "nbatama" Plantago palmata and "kimumu" Spermacoce princeae var. pubescens; all are boiled in the water, then the decoction is taken
H(219) the wood is used for a house post
H(239) The wood is used for firewood
H(103z) leaves are used for polishing the board
H(178) illness of the heart; the bark of "mouganjokka" Ficus sp. is pounded together with leaves of "nbatama" Plantago palmata and "kimumu" Spermacoce princeae var. pubescens; all are boiled in the water, then the decoction is taken
H(219) the wood is used for a house post
H(239) The wood is used for firewood
H(103z) leaves are used for polishing the board
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) Eastern part (Nyindu people)
Vernacular name :
mouganjokka , kamimbi (Kinyindu)