Carissa/ Natal Plum
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swahili name
Mtanda-mboo
More Local Names
borana:
Dagams
DIGO:
Mtambuu
duruma:
Mulowe
giriama:
Mtandamboo
kamba:
Mukawa
kauma:
kikuyu:
Mukawa
kipsigis:
Legetetyet
kisii:
Omonyangateti
kuria:
Omunyoke
luhya:
shit
LUO:
Ochuoga
maasai:
Olamuiraki
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
Legetetwa
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
Mlalanche
pokot:
Lokotetwo
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:
Ekamuria
Scientific Name
Carissa spinarum (edulis)
plant family
Plant Details and use
Root and bark is used. Boil and drink for painful uterine contractions that can lead to abortion.
treatable conditions
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