swahili name
Saga/ Sageti
More Local Names
borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
Mwangani
kamba:
Mwianzo
kauma:
kikuyu:
Thageti
kipsigis:
Isakyat
kisii:
Chisaga
kuria:
luhya:
Tsitsaka
LUO:
Dek/ Akeyo
maasai:
Lemba-e-nabo
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:
Scientific Name
Cleome gynandra
plant family
Plant Details and use
The plant is used to manage different conditions. Boil the roots and use for measles, menstrual problems, low blood. Drink, bathe or eat veggies. For severe headaches, crush and massage on the head. Cush and drop onto the ear for ear infections. For epilepsy, boil the leaves and roots, take 1/2 a glass twice a day. Crush the leaves and squeeze a drop to each eye for 3 days. For arthritis, boil the leaves and roots and take a glass a day. Mix the leaves with coconut oil and apply on a rotting wound. Active for cattle ticks
treatable conditions
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