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Description :
to enhance sense of smell
4 plants found in 2 reference(s) :
Anonidium mannii (Oliv.) Engl. & Diels :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Anonidium mannii (Oliv.) Engl. & Diels
Family :
Annonaceae
Reference VT 04
Author(s) :
Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa & M. Sawada
Title :
Wild plant utilisation of Balese and the Efe of the Ituri Forest, The republic of Zaïre.
African study monographs, suppl. issue n° 8, 78 p., (1988)
Symptoms :
V(153)
Recipes :
Vcanis(153), ashes from young roots are inserted into scarifications around snout dog to increase smell
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Ituri)
Vernacular name :
taku (Balese), tau (Efe)
Coix lacryma-jobi L. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Coix lacryma-jobi L.
Family :
Poaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(153)
Recipes :
Vd(153), the plant is used as a hunting medicine, called "loda", which is appliedto dogs; those plants as "mapebu", "aawa", "dudu" and "bbabba" are also used; the medicine made of those plants is rubbed into the scarifications on the nose of dogs
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (around the Andiri village, near Nduye, Ituri)
Vernacular name :
sapele (Balese ,Efe)
Solanum sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Solanum sp.
Family :
Solanaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(153)
Recipes :
Vd(153), the flesh of the fruit is applied to the nose of a dog in order to make the sense of smell sharper.
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (around the Andiri village, near Nduye, Ituri)
Vernacular name :
gugu (Efe)
Strychnos sp. :
1 reference(s)
Official name :
Strychnos sp.
Family :
Strychnaceae
Reference VA 29
Author(s) :
AFLORA
Title :
AFLORA on the Web ( http://130.54.103.36/aflora.nsf)
The database of traditional plant utilization in AfricaCenter for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Symptoms :
V(092), V(153)
Recipes :
V(092) , the root has a smell of a peculia kind. It is powdered and pounded with other plants to make an arrow poison
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Vd(153), the powdered root is put into a dog's nostrils, so that it may smell well. Medicine for hunting dog
Region :
Central Africa
Country :
Congo (Democratic republic) (ex. Zaïre) (Nduye, zone of Mambasa, Ituri forest)
Vernacular name :
abiesulu, saamunane (Efe)