Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Common names
English musk mallow. French ambrette; abelmosch. Colonial French: gombo musqué; ketmie musquée (Berhaut). SENEGAL: CRIOULO sumaré (JB) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) kãndé nay (JB) kãndialadii (JB) kãndiélan (JB) TUKULOR kundialana (JLT fide JMD) lana kangué a c. var. grown for its seeds (A Chev.) LEBOU dios dios (JB) MANDING-BAMBARA suma diala (Vuillet
Uses
(leaf, young shoots, seed) Food: general Food: special diets (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (seed) Medicines: sedatives, etc. (leaf, seed) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (seed) Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections (seed) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (seed) Medicines: stomach troubles (seed) Medicines: "intestines" (seed) Medicines: vermifuges (seed) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (seed) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (leaf) Medicines: fabrifuges (whole plant, seed) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (seed) Medicines: paralysis, epilepsy, convulsions, spasm Medicines: heart (leaf) Medicines: arteries, veins (upper part of plant, seed) Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides (leaf) Phytochemistry: antibiotic, bacteristatic, fungistatic (seed) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances Phytochemistry: mucilage (stem-bark) Products: fibre (flower) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (seed) Products: household, domestic and personal items
Description
An erect hispid bushy herb to nearly 2 m high, introduced and cultivated throughout the Region, and pan-tropics, of uncertain native home, but western Asia (3) and Polynesia (5) have been mooted.The leaves and young shoots are everywhere eaten in soup or
References
References:1. Ainslie, 1937: sp. no. 178, as Hibiscus abelmoschus. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 108, with references, as H. abelmoschus 3. Burkill, I H, 1935: 1163–4, as H. abelmoschus Linn. 4. Busson, 1965: 293–4, 299, with leaf-analysis, as H. abelmoschus
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