Euclea schimperi (A.DC.) Dandy

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Tanzania

• State/Province

  Arusha

• Locality

  Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Nasipriong'.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1800 m. (5906 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -3.2, 35.2

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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ARUSHA Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Nasipriong'. Collected along a river.
Information given by Kidami Metele, irmakaa-agegroup. D. 29,4.93.
(35° 12' E 3° 12' S). Alt 1800 m.	APr	29,	1993
Tree Maasai name: enkinyei (small), orkinyei (big) Decoction of bark of root is
mixed with milk and drunk for "bone gonorrhea". Half cup is used to mix with a
litre of honey beer for 12 hours. It can also be extracted m water and stirred for 3
seconds in 1/2 litre of water. It is bitter. The medicine makes the body scratch a
bit and provokes a bit diarrhoea. It can be used at meatcamps if one feels like. It
is not as good as fruits of "olodwai" for "bone-gonorrhea". The darkred decoction
of root mixed with meat soup, both in and outside of meatcamps. Leaves used as
table at meatcamp, as the leaves don't stick in the meat.
Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU)
FLORA OF TANZANIA
Lis Ellemann
.	Ebenaceae
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Euclea schimperi (A.DC.)Dandy
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