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This item is from "Some Common Medicinal And Poisonous Plants Used In Ethiopian Folk Medicine" work, by Amare Getahun.
Eucalyptus globulus Labill.
bahir-zaf (A)
kaliti (G)
The volatile oil from the leaf is used for colds. Leaf extract is gargled for meningitis. The young leaves, especially from the coppice growths, are used by housewives as an insect repellant. The leaves are also used as bedding of floors. The Eucalyptus, introduced in 1898 is now common to many mid-and high-altitude regions of Ethiopia.
Even the city of Addis Ababa is dotted with Eucalyptus forests. Here it is used as firewood end for the construction of small dwellings. Some are inclined to think Eucalyptus is more at home and does better in Ethiopia than its native home, Australia. It grows to the exclusion of any other plants for nothing grows inside a Eucalyptus grove. The most commonly grown species are Eucalyptus globulus and E. camaldulensis Denhart.
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