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

Rosaceae

Rosa abyssinica R.Br.

keqa (A)

wild Ethiopian Rose (English)

The edible fruits are good tapeworm and round worm expectorants as well as excellent source of vitamin.

Pygeum africanum Hook. f.

tikur-inchet (A)

homi (G)

The leaves reportedly are used in dressing wounds. The wood is hard and is lumbered.

 

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