Gutenbergia cordifolia Benth. ex Oliv.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Tanzania

• Locality

  Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1800 m. (5906 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.2, 35.2

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TANZANIA
Lis EUemann
331	Asteraceae
Gutenbergia cordifolia Benth. ex Oliver
Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Nasiporiong', Savanna woodland, treecover
dominated by Acacia hockii. Burned in September 1992. Information by Peter
Metele and Lekura Métele, Irmakaa-age group, Nasiporiong'.
(35° 12’ E 3° 12’ S). Alt. 1800 m.	Apr	13,	1993
Herb, flowers purple Maasai name: esirandét orkirrian (last part of the name refer
to the dry seeds, which easily enter in the eyes) or naing'úng'undeyo (the ones
smelled by mice, naing'o~ smell, deyo ~ mouse). Use: water extract of plant
above ground is drunk for malaria to provoke vomiting as malaria is caused by to
much bile, which can be reduced by vomiting. The medicine is so bitter, that
people want to run away, when they hear it is prepared to them. Oloirago ole
Mayanga, Aldarpoi: Used for malaria to provoke vomiting, one handfull of leaves
is pounded and scrized in 1 litre of water and drunk. It is really bitter. Afterwards
pure water is drunk to continue vomiting. It is of same quality as "oremit" and
"ormukutan".
Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU)
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