Cape fig

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swahili name

Mkuyu

More Local Names

borana:
DIGO:
duruma:
giriama:
kamba:
kauma:
kikuyu:
Mukuyu
kipsigis:
Mogoywet
kisii:
kuria:
luhya:
LUO:
Ng'owo
maasai:
Orngaboli
maragoli:
meru:
Mukuyu
mijikenda:
nandi:
NUBI:
OGIEK:
pokomo:
pokot:
rabai:
sabaot:
samburu:
suba:
TURKANA:

Scientific Name

Ficus capensis/ Ficus sur

plant family

Plant Details and use

The barks of the tree are mixed with the barks of Dovyalis abyssinica and boiled. The concoction is drunk, 3 glasses a day for 3 days for treatment of gonorrhea. 

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treatable conditions