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Search | Practical Guide | Authors | DisclaimerSymptom : H(106)
Description :
repels the ..., repellent, repelling, insecticide
148 plants found in 75 reference(s) :
Acacia karroo Hayne :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acacia karroo Hayne
Family :
Fabaceae
Reference HC 25
Author(s) :
Corrigan, B.M. , B.-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.M. Jardine
Title :
Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany 77, 346–359 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106), root bark of Acacia karroo is ground, infused in H20, and sprinkled on the garden to repel snakes.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umuNga
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Family :
Euphorbiaceae
Synonyms :
Acalypha amentacea Roxb.
Reference HS 12b
Author(s) :
Samuelsson G., M. H. Faraha, Per Claeson, M. Hagos, M. Thulin, O. Hedberg, A. M. Warfa, A. O. Hassan, A. H. Elmi , A. D. Abdurahman, A. S. Elmi, Y. A. Abdie & M. H. Alin
Title :
Inventory of plants used in traditional medicine in Somalia. II. Plants of the families Combretaceae - Labiatae.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 37, pp. 47 - 70, (1992)
Symptoms :
H(004), H(045), H(106), H(137)
Recipes :
H(004) + H(045) + H(106) , a handfull of fresh leaves, crushed and mixed with 1 glass H2O, filtered, the extract is appled on the infected wound
H(137), fresh leaves are crushed or powdered, mixed with copd H2O, vapours inhaled or mixture applied on the skin as sedative
H(137), fresh leaves are crushed or powdered, mixed with copd H2O, vapours inhaled or mixture applied on the skin as sedative
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Somalia
Vernacular name :
jambac
Acmella caulirhiza Delile :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acmella caulirhiza Delile
Family :
Asteraceae
Synonyms :
Spilanthes mauritiana (A. Rich. ex Pers.) DC.
,
Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach. & Thonn.) C.D.Adams
Reference HC 14
Author(s) :
Chifundera, K.
Title :
La prévention des maladies grâce à l'utilisation des méthodes de la médecine traditionnelle au Bushi.
Rev. Méd. Pharm. Afr., Vol. 5, n° 2, 41 - 49, (1991)
Symptoms :
H(020), H(106)
Recipes :
H(020) snake + H(106) snake, scarifications with juice + decoction, VO.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Acokanthera schimperi (A.DC.) Schweinf.
Family :
Apocynaceae
Reference HB 53
Author(s) :
Belayneh, A. Asfaw, S. Demissew, N. F. Bussa
Title :
Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 8:42 ( 2012)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/42
Symptoms :
H(051), H(106), H(155)
Recipes :
H(051) paludism, H(106) mosquito repellent, smoking the area with stems and leaves of Acokanthera schimperi to stifle the insect
H(155) tonsillitis, concoction with stems and leaves, rinsing the H(118) throat
H(155) tonsillitis, concoction with stems and leaves, rinsing the H(118) throat
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Eastern Ethiopia) (Erer Valley of Babile Wereda)
Vernacular name :
kararo (Oromo), wabayo, oboyo (Somali)
Adansonia digitata L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Adansonia digitata L.
Family :
Bombacaceae
Synonyms :
Adansonia sphaerocarpa A.Chev.
Reference HW 10
Author(s) :
Weiss. E. A.
Title :
Some indigenous plants used domestically by East african costal fishermen
Economic Botany, 33, 1,. pp. 35-51, (1979)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/044148858871586m/
Symptoms :
H(093), H(106)
Recipes :
H(093) antidote, it is a common belief that an antidote to the arrow poison produced from Strophanthus spp can be obtained from the bark of Adansonia digitata
H(106) repellant, the dry pulp burns with an offensive and irritating smoke, and was used as a fty repellant near stock bomas and as a hut fumigant
H(106) repellant, the dry pulp burns with an offensive and irritating smoke, and was used as a fty repellant near stock bomas and as a hut fumigant
Region :
East Africa (Costal regions)
Country :
Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Vernacular name :
baobab (English), mbuvu (Swahili), jak (Boni), muru (Bajun)
Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aerva javanica (Burm. f.) Juss. ex Schult.
Family :
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms :
Aerva persica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Reference HL 10
Author(s) :
Le Floc'h, E., D. Lenormant, A. Lignon & N. Rezkallah
Title :
Pratiques ethnobotaniques des populations Afars de la moyenne vallée de l'Awash (Ethiopie).
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 14, pp. 283 - 314, (1985)
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106) snake, a tuft of this plant keep away the snake during the night
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Awash valley)
Vernacular name :
ohilahito (Afar)
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K. Schum. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aframomum alboviolaceum (Ridl.) K. Schum.
Family :
Zingiberaceae
Synonyms :
Aframomum latifolium K. Schum.
Reference HY 05
Author(s) :
Youmsi, R D. F., P.V. Tsouh Fokou , E. Z. Menkem , I Bakarnga-Via, R. Keumoe, V, Nana, F. Fekam Boyom
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used as insects repellents in six malaria endemic localities of Cameroon Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:33 (2017)
DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0155-x
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, f) insects repellents, smash fresh leaves of Aframomum alboviolaceum Skin application
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Cameroon
Vernacular name :
ndjii (Baka)
Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth.) Harms :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Afrormosia laxiflora (Benth.) Harms
Family :
Fabaceae
Synonyms :
Pericopsis laxiflora (Benth.) Meeuwen
,
Ormosia laxiflora Benth.
Reference HS 21
Author(s) :
Schnell, R.
Title :
Plantes employées en Afrique occidentale pour se protéger des serpents
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire (I.F.A.N.), série B, XX, 1-2, 205 - 214, (1958)
Symptoms :
H(020), H(106)
Recipes :
H(020) snake bite, H(106) repelling the snake, plant used by snake charmer, ONS. of Afrormosia laxiflora , RNS.
Region :
Occidental Africa
Country :
Africa (Occidental)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Ageratum conyzoides L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Ageratum conyzoides L.
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference HS 21
Author(s) :
Schnell, R.
Title :
Plantes employées en Afrique occidentale pour se protéger des serpents
Bulletin de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire (I.F.A.N.), série B, XX, 1-2, 205 - 214, (1958)
Symptoms :
H(020), H(106)
Recipes :
H(020) snake bite, H(106) repelling the snake, plant used by snake charmer, ONS. of Ageratum conyzoides, RNS.
Region :
Occidental Africa
Country :
Africa (Occidental)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the author
Allium sativum L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Allium sativum L.
Family :
Alliaceae
Reference HK 66
Author(s) :
Karunamoorthi, K., T. Hailu
Title :
Insect repellent plants traditional usage practices in the Ethiopian malaria epidemic-prone setting: an ethnobotanical survey
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 10:22 (2014)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/22
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 62) repelling mosquitoes, bulb of Allium sativum crushing and applying the juice on the skin.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Jimma Zone, Kersa woreda (district))
Vernacular name :
qullubii adii (Afaan Oromoo)
Aloe ferox Miller :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe ferox Miller
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HM 49
Author(s) :
Mavundza, E.J. , R. Maharaj, J.F. Finnie, G. Kabera, J. Van Staden
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of mosquito repellent plants in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 137, 1516– 1520, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111006131
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 7) repelling, insecticide, fresh leaves of Aloe ferox are burned to produce smoke
Region :
South Africa (uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province)
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
inhlaba (isiZulu)
Aloe pirottae A.Berger :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe pirottae A.Berger
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HB 53
Author(s) :
Belayneh, A. Asfaw, S. Demissew, N. F. Bussa
Title :
Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 8:42 ( 2012)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/8/1/42
Symptoms :
H(001), H(013), H(020), H(051), H(102), H(104), H(106)
Recipes :
H(001, 48) eye disease, ointment jel of leaves
H(013, 48) tropical ulcer, leaves juice extract, local application
H(104) colon cleaner, sap, VO.
H(051, 48) paludism, concoction of leaves, VO.
H(020, 48) snake bite, fluid extract, VO.
H(102, 48) gallstone, fluid extract, VO.
H(106) insect repellent, smoking the area with dried leaves to stifle the insect
H(013, 48) tropical ulcer, leaves juice extract, local application
H(104) colon cleaner, sap, VO.
H(051, 48) paludism, concoction of leaves, VO.
H(020, 48) snake bite, fluid extract, VO.
H(102, 48) gallstone, fluid extract, VO.
H(106) insect repellent, smoking the area with dried leaves to stifle the insect
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Eastern Ethiopia) (Erer Valley of Babile Wereda)
Vernacular name :
hargeysa (Oromo), gebedherta, de’ar (Somali)
Aloe pulcherrima M. G. Gilbert & Sebsebe :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Aloe pulcherrima M. G. Gilbert & Sebsebe
Family :
Asphodelaceae
Reference HK 66
Author(s) :
Karunamoorthi, K., T. Hailu
Title :
Insect repellent plants traditional usage practices in the Ethiopian malaria epidemic-prone setting: an ethnobotanical survey
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine , 10:22 (2014)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/10/1/22
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 66) repelling tick and mosquitoes, leaves of Aloe pulcherrima burning the dried leaves to generate smoke and crushing leaves to spray in and around houses.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Jimma Zone, Kersa woreda (district))
Vernacular name :
hargessa dhala (Afaan Oromoo)
Annona stenophylla Engl. & Diels :
2 reference(s)
Official name :
Annona stenophylla Engl. & Diels
Family :
Annonaceae
Reference HM 45
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by the people in Nhema communal area, Zimbabwe
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 136, 347–354, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111003229
Symptoms :
H(013), H(037), H(100), H(106)
Recipes :
H(013, 4) boils, roots of Annona stenophylla, paste applied on the boil
H(037, 4) chest pains, roots crushed, mixed with hot water, extract drunk
H(100, 5) sexually transmitted diseases, roots crushed, mixed with hot water, extract VO.
H(106, 9) snake repellent, roots of Annona stenophylla mixed with roots of Securidaca longipedunculata and sprinkled around homestead
H(037, 4) chest pains, roots crushed, mixed with hot water, extract drunk
H(100, 5) sexually transmitted diseases, roots crushed, mixed with hot water, extract VO.
H(106, 9) snake repellent, roots of Annona stenophylla mixed with roots of Securidaca longipedunculata and sprinkled around homestead
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (Nhema communal area)
Vernacular name :
muroro (Shona)
Reference HM 61
Author(s) :
Maroyi, A.
Title :
Traditional use of medicinal plants in south-central Zimbabwe: review and perspectives
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9:31 (2013)
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/31
Symptoms :
H(013), H(037), H(106), H(199)
Recipes :
H(013) boils, roots of Annona stenophylla paste applied on the boils
H(037) chest pains, H(199) STI, roots extract, VO.
H(106) snake repellent, roots of Annona stenophylla mixed with roots of Securidaca longipedunculata and sprinkled around homestead
H(037) chest pains, H(199) STI, roots extract, VO.
H(106) snake repellent, roots of Annona stenophylla mixed with roots of Securidaca longipedunculata and sprinkled around homestead
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Zimbabwe (South-central)
Vernacular name :
muroro
Artemisia herba-alba Asso :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Artemisia herba-alba Asso
Family :
Asteraceae
Reference O1 Nord
Author(s) :
Osborn, D.J.
Title :
Notes on medicinal and other uses of plants in Egypt.
Economic Botany, 22, 2, 165 - 177, (1968)
Symptoms :
H(006), H(104), H(106), H(108)
Recipes :
H(006, ) + H(104, ), VO., tea with leaves
H(106, ) snake, farmers hang pieces of Artemisia in their homes and pigeon houses to keep snakes away
H(108, ), leaves are placed beside the nostril (to relive congestion)
H(106, ) snake, farmers hang pieces of Artemisia in their homes and pigeon houses to keep snakes away
H(108, ), leaves are placed beside the nostril (to relive congestion)
Region :
North Africa
Country :
Egypt
Vernacular name :
sheeh
Asparagus africanus Lam. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Asparagus africanus Lam.
Family :
Asparagaceae
Reference HC 14
Author(s) :
Chifundera, K.
Title :
La prévention des maladies grâce à l'utilisation des méthodes de la médecine traditionnelle au Bushi.
Rev. Méd. Pharm. Afr., Vol. 5, n° 2, 41 - 49, (1991)
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106) snake, extract, ointmentof the body
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Bushi)
Vernacular name :
not registered
Atalaya alata (Sim) H. M. L. Forbes :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Atalaya alata (Sim) H. M. L. Forbes
Family :
Sapindaceae
Reference HM 49
Author(s) :
Mavundza, E.J. , R. Maharaj, J.F. Finnie, G. Kabera, J. Van Staden
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of mosquito repellent plants in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 137, 1516– 1520, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111006131
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106) repelling, insecticide dried roots of Atalaya alata are burned to produce smoke
Region :
South Africa (uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province)
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umnondo (isiZulu)
Azadirachta indica A. Juss. :
4 reference(s)
Official name :
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Family :
Meliaceae
Synonyms :
Melia azadirachta L.
Reference HB 63
Author(s) :
Baana K. , H. Angwech and G. M. Malinga
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of plants used as repellents against housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) in Budondo Subcounty, Jinja District, Uganda
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:35 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0235-6
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 8) repellent against houseflies: Leaf, stem, and root of Azadirachta indica: Burning fresh or dry leaves, stem, root to generate smoke.- Crushing fresh parts to obtain extract and applying it on the skin/exposed parts of the body
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Uganda (Budondo Subcounty)
Vernacular name :
akarimu (Lusoga), neem tree (English)
Reference HK 50
Author(s) :
Karunamoorthi, K., K. Ilango, A. Endale
Title :
Ethnobotanical survey of knowledge and usage custom of traditional insect / mosquito repellent plants among the Ethiopian Oromo ethnic group
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 125, 224–229, (2009)
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 97) mosquito repellent again culicidae, muscidae and siphonaptera with leaves of Melia azedarach nearby houses and leaf suspension
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Ethiopia (Kofe kebele region)
Vernacular name :
neem tree
Reference HM 49
Author(s) :
Mavundza, E.J. , R. Maharaj, J.F. Finnie, G. Kabera, J. Van Staden
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of mosquito repellent plants in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 137, 1516– 1520, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111006131
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 2) repelling, insecticide, fresh leaves of Melia azedarach are burned to produce smoke
Region :
South Africa (uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province)
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umsilinga (isiZulu)
Reference HT 05
Author(s) :
Thoen, D. & A. Thiam
Title :
Utilisations des plantes ligneuses et sub-ligneuses par les populations de la région sahélienne du lac de Guiers (Sénégal).
Bull. Méd. Trad. et Pharm.,Vol. 4, n° 2, 169 - 178, (1990)
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106) moquitos, smoke from leaves
Region :
West Africa
Country :
Senegal
Vernacular name :
nim, neem (Wolof)
Balanites maughamii Sprague :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Balanites maughamii Sprague
Family :
Zygophyllaceae
Reference HM 49
Author(s) :
Mavundza, E.J. , R. Maharaj, J.F. Finnie, G. Kabera, J. Van Staden
Title :
An ethnobotanical survey of mosquito repellent plants in uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 137, 1516– 1520, (2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874111006131
Symptoms :
H(106)
Recipes :
H(106, 2) repelling, insecticide, barks of the three Balanites maughamii are burned to produce smoke
Region :
South Africa (uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal province)
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
ugobendlovu (isiZulu)
Bersama abyssinica Fres. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Bersama abyssinica Fres.
Family :
Melianthaceae
Synonyms :
Bersama abyssinica subsp. engleriana (Gürke) F.White
Reference HM 56
Author(s) :
Megersa, M., Z.Asfaw , E. Kelbessa, A. Beyene and B. Woldeab
Title :
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Wayu Tuka District, East Welega Zone of Oromia Regional State, West Ethiopia
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 9:68 ( 2013) doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-68
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/9/1/68
Symptoms :
H(004), H(008), H(068), H(106)
Recipes :
H(004) skin cut exudates of Bersama abyssinica put on the cut skin to stop bleeding
H(008) diarrhoea, root powdered and mixed in water and VO.
H(068) ascaris, fresh leaves decoction Brucea antidysentrica crushed and mixed with leaves of Bersema abyssinica and cooked with porridge and VO.
H(106) mosquito repellant, bark of croton put on fire and the smoke used as to protect mosquito bite
H(008) diarrhoea, root powdered and mixed in water and VO.
H(068) ascaris, fresh leaves decoction Brucea antidysentrica crushed and mixed with leaves of Bersema abyssinica and cooked with porridge and VO.
H(106) mosquito repellant, bark of croton put on fire and the smoke used as to protect mosquito bite
Region :
East Africa
Country :
West Ethiopia (Wayu Tuka District)
Vernacular name :
not communicated by the authors