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This item is from "Some Common Medicinal And Poisonous Plants Used In Ethiopian Folk Medicine" work, by Amare Getahun.

Myrginaceae

Embelia schimperi Vatke

(= E. abyssinica Baker)

ankoko (A)

enkoko (T)

unkoko (G)

kanko ( Sid )

hanku (G)

The fruits are often seen in markets and are sold as purgatives and vermifuge or tapeworm expellant.

This is a small tree up to 7 meters high said to have edible leaves.

Maesa lanceolata Forsk.

kelawa, akalua, killabo, shehwaria (A)

abauie, geshy, gergesho, abagi (G)

soarea (T)

arar, maas (Arabic)

Shrub up to 7 meters with large leaves and red brown bark.

Dark brown resin exudes from the veins of the leaves if broken or slashed. This. plant is common high altitude forests as an understory tree.

The yellow, globose fruits yield an oil which is used to grease new pottery as a water proofing agent and as a vermifuge. The extract from the leaves is a strong £ish poison and an effective muluscide.

Myrica salicifolia Hochst. ex. A Rich.

kalawa, shinett (A)

abaya, kataba, radji (G)

nebi (T)

Dioecious shrub or tree as small as 3 meters or as big as 20 meters in height and usually found in humid lower highlands between some 1800 and 3000 meters in altitude.

The pulverized young leaves, mixed with butter, are used externally to treat skin diseases.

Myrsine africana L.

kechemo (A)

katchu (Adaric, GH)

small bushy tree up to 3 meters tall and fruits the size of sorhum seed. The plant is often found near or at the edge of high altitude forests.

The fruits are used to control tapeworm.

Myrsine africana L., Maesa lanceolata Forsk., and Embelia schimperi Vatke, all in the same plant family, MYRSINACEAE, are used as tapeworm expellants.

Note: The lion is believed to feed on kechemo as 2 cure of infection with internal parasites.

 

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