Prelude Medicinal Plants Database
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Description :
skin inflammation, nappy rash
88 plants found in 11 reference(s) :
Acacia albida Del. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia albida Del.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Faidherbia albida (Delile) A. Chev.
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(020), H(092), H(097z), H(111), H(137)
Recipes :
H(137) pains, H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(020) stings; bites and H(092) poisoning, bark of Faidherbia albida , RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
bioépi, djúè (Balanta), buàdja (Biafada), camude, camudo, camudé (Bijagó), biongômo (Balanta-mané), ferida-branco, fididabranco, pau-ferida, pó-de-ferida-branco (Guinean creole) sipiñã, sipiña-brabu (Creole; Senegal´sflora), busseu-uliba (Busseu-uliba), cad (Fula foro), bubirique (Jola), borassanhe, buladanêlhe, bulé, búrlè-danédjo, marroné, (Fula), betampale (Mancanha), borassam, borassam-ô (Mandinga), butchampele (Manjaco), ussímpulo (Pepel)
Acacia sieberiana DC. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia sieberiana DC.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Acacia sieberiana DC. var. sieberiana
Reference HO 27
Author(s) :
Ouôba, P., , A. M. Lykke, J. Boussim & S. Guinko
Title :
La flore médicinale de la Forêt Classée de Niangoloko (Burkina Faso)
Etudes flor. vég. Burkina Faso 10, 5-16
Frankfurt / Ouagadougou, Oktober/octobre 2006 ISSN 0943-2884
Symptoms :
H(097z)
Recipes :
H(097z) skin inflammation, mix the roots of Acacia sieberiana of Guiera senegalensis and boil; wash the swollen part with the decoction
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
hכּgכּpila (Goin)
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acokanthera oppositifolia (L.) Codd
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Acokanthera venenata auct.
Reference HM 87
Author(s) :
Mabona U., S.F. Van Vuuren
Title :
Southern African medicinal plants used to treat skin diseases
South African Journal of Botany 87, pp 175–193, (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2013.04.002
Symptoms :
H(097z)
Recipes :
H(097z) skin inflammation, powdered leaf of Acokanthera oppositifolia, topical from ref of: Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk (1962), Hutchings (1996), Nielsen et al.(2012) : to be found in bibliography of HM 87_Mabona
Region :
South Africa
Country :
Southern African
Vernacular name :
bushmans arrow poison (local English)
Acridocarpus plagiopterus Guill. & Perr. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acridocarpus plagiopterus Guill. & Perr.
Family :
Malpighiaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(091), H(097z), H(111), H(126)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(091) anemia , H(190) blood disorders, H(126), diseases of the liver leaves of Acridocarpus plagiopterus, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
córò (Balanta), cahapandá (Bijagó), kurfi, manar-balé (Nalu)
Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Agelaea pentagyna (Lam.) Baill.
Family :
Connaraceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, leaves of Agelaea pentagyna, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
kanhandi (Sosso)
Allophylus africanus P. Beauv. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Allophylus africanus P. Beauv.
Family :
Sapindaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, leaves of Allophylus africanus, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
manau (Balanta), buguintchô-buiare (Biafada), bugóentchom (Bijagó), cordele, coleála, colehela, sambadjadei, sambassatáe (Fula), vêvê-om (Mandinga), bugaintchom, futété (Sosso), anhese (Tanda)
Aloe ferox Miller :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe ferox Miller
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HT 48
Author(s) :
Thornton-Barnett, S.R
Title :
Ancestral pharmacopoeias: a paleoethnobotanical assessment of plant use in the western free state, South Africa
Thesis submitted to the Graduate Council of Texas State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts with a Major in Anthropology, December 2013
Symptoms :
H(097z)
Recipes :
H(097z) skin inflamation, jelly of leaf of Aloe ferox.applied to skin
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Basotho Cultural Village herbal trail)
Vernacular name :
large aloe
Aloe polyphylla Pillans :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe polyphylla Pillans
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HT 48
Author(s) :
Thornton-Barnett, S.R
Title :
Ancestral pharmacopoeias: a paleoethnobotanical assessment of plant use in the western free state, South Africa
Thesis submitted to the Graduate Council of Texas State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts with a Major in Anthropology, December 2013
Symptoms :
H(097z)
Recipes :
H(097z) skin inflamation jelly of leaf of Aloe polyphylla.applied to skin
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Basotho Cultural Village herbal trail)
Vernacular name :
lekgala kharatsa
Alstonia congensis Engl. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Alstonia congensis Engl.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Synonyms :
Alstonia gilletii De Wild.
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(037), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(037) cough; and respiratory diseses, bark, roots of Alstonia congensis, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
djambé (Balanta), cudjésse, cuguinssum, quessum (Bijagó), tacára, tagara (Guinean creole), léguerè (Futa-fula), bantam-foro (Fula), betácarre (Mancanha), bantam-forô (Mandinga), bidjésse (Manjaco), batáguar (Pepel), iangué, ianké, ianque (Nalu)
Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anacyclus pyrethrum (L.) Lag
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference H3 Nord
Author(s) :
Hachi M, T. Hachi, N. Belahbib, J. Dahmani & L. Zidane
Title :
Contribution à l'étude floristique et ethnobotanique de la flore médicinale utilisée au niveau de la ville de Khenifra (Maroc)
International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, Vol. 11 No. , pp. 754-770 (3 Jun. 2015)
http://www.ijias.issr-journals.org/
Symptoms :
H(013), H(097z), H(113)
Recipes :
H(013) cysts, H(097z) skin inflammation, H(113) rheumatism, roots of Anacyclus pyrethrum in liniment (in olive oil)
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Morocco (Khenifra town)
Vernacular name :
pyrèthre d’Afrique (French), tiguentest (Arabic)
Annona senegalensis Pers. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Annona senegalensis Pers.
Family :
Annonaceae
Synonyms :
Annona arenaria Thonn.
,
Annona chrysophylla Bojer
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(002), H(004), H(020), H(027w), H(027z), H(037), H(092), H(095), H(097z), H(104), H(111), H(137)
Recipes :
H(001), H(137) pains, H(027z) pregnancy; childbirth; H(002) breastfeeding and H(027w) diseases of the newborn, H(104) intestinal problems, H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(037) cough; and respiratory diseses, H(020) stings; bites and H(092) poisoning, H(001) diseases of the eyes , roots, leaves, flowers of Annona senegalensis, RNS.
H(095) food, ONS.,RNS
H(095) food, ONS.,RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
bodi-iode, bórè (Balanta), bubomba (Biafada), bole, ebandjo, ebud (Bijagó), mambomba, mambumba, mambunda, pinha-di-mato (Guinean creol), ulolocô (Jola), ducúmè, ducumê (Fula), bâme, suncun-úm (Mancanha), sucumô, suncun-úm (Mandinga), benémpe, benempele, benotaro (Manjaco), sampane (Pepel)
Anthostema senegalense A. Juss. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anthostema senegalense A. Juss.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(097z), H(104), H(111)
Recipes :
H(104) intestinal problems, H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, sap, leaves of Anthostema senegalense, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
p’tone (Balanta), cabate, cabete (Bijagó), binhal, pó-de-binhal, pó-de-lete (Guinean creole), bulucune (Jola), bufena, m´burô, umburo (Fula), mante (Nalu), minhále, tagi (Pepel)
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anders.
Family :
Acanthaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, flowers, stem of Asystasia gangetica, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
m’totn (Balanta), candô (Bijagó), candindjaon (Mandinga), funkundunkutxi (Sosso)
Auricularia delicata (Mont.ex Fr.) Henn. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Auricularia delicata (Mont.ex Fr.) Henn.
Family :
Auriculariaceae
Reference HK 77
Author(s) :
Kamalebo,H. M., H. N. S. Wa Malale, C. M. Ndabaga, J. Degreef & A. De Kesel
Title :
Uses and importance of wild fungi: traditional knowledge from the Tshopo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 14:13 (2018)
DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0203-6
Symptoms :
H(013), H(037), H(095), H(097z)
Recipes :
H(013) fungicide, H(095) food , H(097z) skin inflammations ONS of Auricularia delicata, RNS.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
(Congo) Democratic Republic
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors
Blutaparon vermiculare (L.) Mears :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Blutaparon vermiculare (L.) Mears
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, whole plant of Blutaparon vermiculare, RNS
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
brunde, malu-inretha (Balanta), arroz-de-cacre (Guinean creole), dalõnka-de-kamiño (Creole; Senegal´sflora), enhade (Jola),abossé, m’bossé (Nalu)
Borassus flabellifer var. aethiopum (Mart.) Warb. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Borassus flabellifer var. aethiopum (Mart.) Warb.
Family :
Arecaceae
Synonyms :
Borassus aethiopum Mart.
Reference HN 58
Author(s) :
Nadembega, P., J. Boussim, J. P. Nikiema, F. Poli, F. Antognon
Title :
Medicinal plants in Baskoure, Kourittenga Province, Burkina Faso: An ethnobotanical study
Journal of Ethnopharmacology133, 378–39 (2011)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47447994
Symptoms :
H(051), H(097z)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, H(097z) kids rectal inflammation, bulb of Borassus aethiopum, maceration, VO.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Burkina Faso (Kourittenga province)
Vernacular name :
koãga
Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.) Herend. & Zarucchi :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.) Herend. & Zarucchi
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(001), H(004), H(033), H(097z), H(104), H(111)
Recipes :
H(104) intestinal problems, H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(033) male impotence, H(001) diseases of the eyes, sap, roots, leaves of Caesalpinia benthamiana, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
mougue-netompo (Balanta), m’pôti, nopote, nuputa (Bijagó), humohía (Cobiana), ferida-preto,fidida, unha-di-onça (Guinean creole), buropod (Creole; Senegal´sflora), búrlè (Fula), solim-n’ganin-ô (Mandinga), n’pinkind-zé, pinkit-zé (Nalu), tchifla (Pepel), tumbebele (Sosso)
Calycobolus heudelotii (Baker ex Oliv.) Heine :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Calycobolus heudelotii (Baker ex Oliv.) Heine
Family :
Convolvulaceae
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(051), H(097z), H(099), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(051) fever, paludism, H(099) mental and neurological disorder , stem, leaves of Calycobolus heudelotii, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
másfi, massemedam (Balanta), funhulumá (Jola), manar-fana (Nalu), lak-sé (Sosso), landum (Tanda)
Capparis tomentosa Lam. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Capparis tomentosa Lam.
Family :
Capparaceae
Synonyms :
Capparis polymorpha Guill. & Pers.
,
Capparis persicifolia A.Rich.
Reference HO 27
Author(s) :
Ouôba, P., , A. M. Lykke, J. Boussim & S. Guinko
Title :
La flore médicinale de la Forêt Classée de Niangoloko (Burkina Faso)
Etudes flor. vég. Burkina Faso 10, 5-16
Frankfurt / Ouagadougou, Oktober/octobre 2006 ISSN 0943-2884
Symptoms :
H(080), H(097z)
Recipes :
H(080) skin allergies, boil the leaves of Capparis tomentosa, fumigate the affected part with the steam of the decoction and wash with the decoction
H(097z) skin inflammation, wash the swollen part with the decoction of leaves of Capparis tomentosa
H(097z) skin inflammation, wash the swollen part with the decoction of leaves of Capparis tomentosa
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Burkina Faso
Vernacular name :
maramañdiele (Goin)
Cassia absus L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Cassia absus L.
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Chamaecrista absus (L.) Irwin & Barneby
Reference HC 52
Author(s) :
Catarino, L. , P. J. Havik , M. M. Romeiras
Title :
Medicinal plants of Guinea-Bissau: Therapeutic applications, ethnic diversity and knowledge transfer
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 183, 71–94 (2016)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2016.02.032
Symptoms :
H(004), H(051), H(097z), H(111)
Recipes :
H(004) wounds, H(097z) skin inflammations and H(111) burns, H(051) fever, paludism, whole plant of Chamaecrista absus, RNS.
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Guinea-Bissau
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors