Family, scientific name, local name (voucher specimen) | Used Part | Use | Preparation/Administration | N * | Locality | Habitat |
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APOCYNACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Nerium oleander L. – liantru – CLU2 | Br | The plant is considered enemy of the moles, well-known eaters of roots of vegetables | According to the folk opinion the branches of oleander were stuck into the ground in order to poison the moles (use still actual). | 3 | CI | To, he |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Sambucus nigra L. CLU5 | Fle | To attract the flies that were killed | Leaves were put in small bunches in the houses | 1 | CS | Ru, di,to |
COMPOSITAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Inula viscosa (L.) Aiton – spulitru CLU7 | Ap | Elderly people used it to eliminate the parasites of the rectum | The whole plant was inserted in the anus (veterinary use for asses and mules) | 5 | CI | Unc, ru, caso |
Matricaria chamomilla L. – galumedda, camomilla | Dfh | Repellent for woodworms and other insects | They were put among the linen | 2 | SC,CT | Cu, ru |
EQUISETACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Equisetum telmateja Ehrh. – stocca e ammenta CLU10 | Ep | To make cow-beds for bovines, horses and sheep without evaluate the toxicity of the plant | Shepherds and herdsmen use it dry | 5 | CI | Di, ed-wo, da |
JUGLANDACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Juglans regia L. – noce CLU17 | Le | Anti-parasitic (above all for bugs) | Decoction (it was poured in the bed) | 1 | AC | Wo, di |
 | Le | Anti-parasitic also for furnishings, garments and pieces of furniture |  | 1 | CI |  |
LABIATAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Lavandula angustifolia Miller – ramaietto(MR), spigaddossa (CS) | Ft | Repellent, deodorant of linen | Picked before the complete flowering, dried and put in small bugs | 6 | MR, CS, MT, SE, CT, SC | Cu |
Ocimum basilicum L. – basilico CLU18 | Ep | Repellent for flies and mosquitoes | The plant is put on the windows | 1 | AC | Cu |
LAURACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Laurus nobilis L. CLU22 | Fr | Repellent for flies (veterinary use) | Macerate in olive oil applied onto the coat of the animal | 3 | MT | Tewo |
Vicia faba L. – fava | Se | Fodder for animals |  | 5 | CI | Cu |
LILIACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ruscus aculeatus L. – vruscia | Br | To keep mice at a distance | They are hung in the houses | 1 | TA | Tewo |
Urginea marittima (L.) Baker – cipuddazzu CLU26 | Ep | Repellent and anti-parasitic agent for insect and mice | The farmers put the whole plant in granaries and silos, above all in "canizze" (containers woven of reeds) that contained broad beans of various type | 5 | CI | Sl |
MALVACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Malva sylvestris L. CLU 27 | Le | Gastritis | Decoction (veterinary use) | 2 | MT, SE | Unc, ru, edro |
MORACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Ficus carica L. – see footnote (1) CLU28 | Le | To increase the output of milk | Leaves were given as fodder to cows | 5 | CI | Ru, wa |
RANUNCULACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Helleborus bocconei Ten. – aricchja CLU32 | Ro | For the bronchitis of bovines. The animal would be recovered in short, and it was recognizable for the hole remained on it. Then, it seems that it would have become immune from diseases, after this remedy. No possibility of recovery existed in the case in which the disease was in advanced stage; in this case it occurred atrophy of the hole containing the 3 pieces of the stalk, then expelled. | According an ancient tradition, the cowherds of Calabria region let dry the long petiole of the basal leaves, divided into 3 parts; it was inserted in a hole practised on the back of the ear of the animal (from here the vernacular name), or under the fur of the lateral part of the neck. If the animal reacted "in positive way" to this graft, a swelling of the surrounding region developed around the stem, with a necrotic area of the diameter of approximately 1 cm, provoking a small hole on the ear, or a small cavity (on the neck). | 4 | CI, UM | He, mo-wo (su-cl) |
SCROPHULARIA-CEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Scrophularia canina L. – erva lupara CLU34 | Ap | To treat the lameness ("pedà ina") of the sheep. | Veterinary use. There is not a breeder who not used this plant for whichever problem, both in human medicine and in veterinary science. The breeders whom speak about this plant are many. | 5 | CI | Sa, gr, st |
Verbascum thapsus L. – lingua e voiju CLU35 | Le | Against the lameness ("pedà ina") of cows | Not communicated | 5 | CI | Drme |
SOLANACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cestrum parqui L'Hér – erva fetusa CLU36 | Ep | Repellent for animals | Cowherds planted it at the edges of the bushes in order to discourage the entrance of other animals, because it gives off a bad smell (poisonous plant). | 3 | CI | To, he, be |
THYMELAEACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Daphne gnidium L. – junastrum, paparina ("ppè ntassari") | Ep | Used against the invasions of water snakes. | Put in lakes where domestic animals drink after the transhumance | 5 | CI | To, ro, cla, sa |
CLU38 | Ep | Some fishermen use it to capture ells of streams. | Thrown in the water | 5 | CI | Â |
 | Ba | To treat "papillomas" (veterinary-magical use) | A plaiting with the bark was made and then it was knot around the papilloma; the animal would be recovered in a short time. | 5 | CI |  |
URTICACEAE | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urtica dioica L. – ortica CLU40 | Ap | Once a mash with bread was made | By boiling (it was the only fodder for chicks of Turkey) | 5 | CI | Ru |