Wild Asparagus

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swahili name

Namna ya mboga

More Local Names

borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
Murikano
kamba:
kauma:
kikuyu:
kipsigis:
kisii:
Ekerobo
kuria:
luhya:
LUO:
Olangalangwe
maasai:
Emperepapa
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
Ngomei
suba:
TURKANA:

Scientific Name

Asparagus africana

plant family

Plant Details and use

In the Samburu community, it is used to treat rashes and measles in children. The child is steamed with it. 

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treatable conditions