Turraea fischeri Gürke

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Tanzania

• State/Province

  Arusha

• Locality

  Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Kelogi.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1550 m. (5085 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.03, 35.28

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TANZANIA
Lis Ellemann
477	Meliaceae
Turraea fischeri Giirke
ARUSHA. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Kelogi. A small rocky hill with
scattered trees surrounded with grass savanna, clasifien as lowland, "olpurkol'' by
the Maasai. Informatin given by Kidami Metele, irmakaa-agegroup and Lepilal
Ole Nakuroi, irking'onde-agegroup.
(35° 17' E 3° 2' S). Alt. 1550 m.	May 03, 1993
Shrub. Maasai name: olchani lenkashe (enkashe ~ heifer) Decoction of root, wood
and bark is mixed with meat soup by warriors at meatcamp. It is the highest
estimated species for this purpose as it stops diarrhoea, which one easily gets
when start eating meat. The best mixture of plant decoction to mix with meat
soup is made of this species together with "oltimigomi" of 30 pieces of wood 20
cm long (olchani lenkashe c. 2-3 cm thick, oltimigomi up til 4 cm thick) is
boiled in 2 litre of water for at least an hour and even a whole day, where water is
added, when a part of the decoction is drunk. It is mixed with 4-5 litre of meat
soup and the portion suits for c 10 persons. The mixture with "oltimigomi" is
preferred as it support the men to become strong, in good condition and sexually
attractive/stimulated. In the lowland "alchani lorpurkel" might be added to the
two former. Decoction is also drunk without being mixed with milk or meat
soup to stop diarrhoea of both human and cattle. Can be drunk as tea, then it is
mixed with milk.
Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU)
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