Rubiaceae
Description
This item is from "Some Common Medicinal And Poisonous Plants Used In Ethiopian Folk Medicine" work, by Amare Getahun.
Rubiaceae
Rubia discolor Turcz
enchibrr (A)
Very common vine found in varying altitude zones.
The boiled leaves are used as cough remedy. The root is a valuable dye imparting black color.
Clausenia anisata (Wild) Hook. f. ex. Benth
ulmae (G)
limich (A)
Plant used is the ritual washing of a mother after childbirth.
This is especially practiced by the Galla tribes of Western Ethiopia.
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