Scientific Name :Rhus natalensis Vernacular Name :Umusagara Family name :Umusagara Geographic Distribution :Savanah , Bush and Xerophitic forests, 1300 -1600 m above sea level
Botanical Description Shrub or sarmentaceous ligneous plant of 1 -8 m high; shrub with thorny bark. Presence of lenticels on the branches covered with tomenta on them. Leaves having a petiole of 1.5-4 cm long with sessile lateral leaflets ; The limb is spear shaped, oblong- obval to oblong- elliptic. The flowers are in a pyramidal panicle inflorescence of 12 cm long rolex replica uk replica iwc uk
Medicinal Use The roots are pounded and steeped in hot orcold water and the extract drunk for influenza, abdominal pains and for gonorrhea. The root decoction also forms part of a medicine for hookworm. The leaves are used as a cough mixture; They are pounded and steeped in hot water and the patient drinks the extract. Sometimes the steam from the hot leaf extract inhaled to cure colds. Decoction of boiled leaves is a good remedy for stomach-ache and abdominal pains ,especially in young children. Leaves are furtherused as an inhalant in hot water for coldsreplica watches
Other Use Fodder for domestic livestock in dry season
