Kidney weed

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swahili name

More Local Names

borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
kamba:
Nyonyo
kauma:
kikuyu:
kipsigis:
kisii:
kuria:
luhya:
LUO:
Nyawie otarre
maasai:
maragoli:
meru:
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:

Scientific Name

Dichondra repens

plant family

Plant Details and use

For snake bites, a handful of leaves is pounded and applied on the bite and then tied. It extracts the poison. After this, one then heads to the hospital for further examination and treatment.

For Plastic Teeth, pounded leaves are rubbed on the baby’s gum using a clean hand.

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treatable conditions