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Ethnobotanical Plant Tabernanthe iboga

Common Name
Iboga; Radix Tabernanthe

Activities

Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Apertif Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Aphrodisiac Gabon Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac Zaire Duke, 1992 *
CNS stimulant Gabon Duke, 1992 *
Convalescence Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Debility Africa Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fatality Gabon Duke, 1992 *
Fever Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Flu Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hypertension Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Neurasthenia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.