Quelques vertus médicinales de Cassia occidentalis L. (Césalpiniacées) en basse Cóte d’Ivoire
Bothalia - African Biodiversity & Conservation
Field | Value | |
Title | Quelques vertus médicinales de Cassia occidentalis L. (Césalpiniacées) en basse Cóte d’Ivoire | |
Creator | Aké Assi, L. | |
Description | SOME MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS L. (CAESALPINIACEAE) IN THE LOWER IVORY COAST About 40 species of Cassia, a great number of which have been introduced, grow in different parts of intertropical Africa, in all types o f vegetation. The 14 species in the Ivory Coast are herbs, shrubs or trees. The local pharmacopoeia uses six of these species for various therapeutic preparations. The currently most used species is Cassia occidentalis L. commonly called Faux Kinkéliba. In the forest area of the Lower Ivory Coast, 11 medical preparations made from different parts of the plant are used. With its considerable ability to spread, this South American plant has become a pantropical one. It is found chiefly in the vicinity of villages. C. occidentalis is used for the relief and treatment of a variety of pains and diseases, for example as a cicatrizant, abortifacient, febrifuge, diuretic, laxative or cholagogue and tonic, and in cases of asthma, cataract, jaundice and kwashiorkor. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 1983-11-06 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/abc.v14i3/4.1218 | |
Source | Bothalia; Vol 14, No 3/4 (1983); 617-620 2311-9284 0006-8241 | |
Language | eng | |
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