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Symptom : H(039x)
Description :
death to rats
1 plants found in 1 reference(s) :
Tragia sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Tragia sp.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HT 53
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title :
A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo
African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003)
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Symptoms :
H(018), H(039x), H(092), H(201)
Recipes :
H(018) The flowers of "kabochindele" = Tragia sp.are applied to the forehead or wood-ashes are rubbed into scarifications on the forehead to relieve pains in the forehead called "ondekatenji" and dizziness
H(039x) Blocks of the plant are put at the corners of a house, then the rats that run around inside the house hit their nose against the blocks and die
H(092) A sorcerer puts the plant on the ground and curse so that a man who will pass over it will suffer a severe itching
H(201) The plant is used to ensure good luck in hunting. (Efe Pygmies in Ituri forest)
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name :
kabochindele (Efe Pygmies, Ituri forest)
