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Table 6 Specific uses of G. erubescens in Burkina Faso

From: Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of Gardenia erubescens Stapf & Hutch. in Sudanian savanna of Burkina Faso

Plant parts

Use category

Processing method

Addition of ingredients

Form of use

Purpose of use

FL (%)

Fruits

Medicine

Roasted and crushed

Porridge, Shea butter

Drink the liquid, massage

Small buttons on the chest

8.33

Boil in water

Spice

Drink the liquid, purge

Navel pain

8.33

Boil in water

Butter of cow’s milk

Massage

Sprain

8.33

Roasted and crushed

Shea butter

Application on the wound

Buttons all over the body

8.33

Food

Remove the flesh

–

Drink the liquid

Human nutrition

93.35

Boil in water the fruits

–

Drink the liquid

Human nutrition

8.2

Cook in paste

Couscous

Drink the liquid

Human nutrition

30.07

Leaves

Medicine

Boil in water

–

Take a bath

sore nerve

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath and purge

Premature infant

16.67

Boil in water

Sugar

Drink the liquid

Lack of appetite

16.67

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid

Diabetes

16.67

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid

Dysentery

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, purge

Navel pain for adults

16.67

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath and purge

Fragile child

8.33

Boil in water

Shea butter

Drink the liquid, take a bath, massage

Navel pain for children

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath and purge

Headache

8.33

Fodder

Eat

–

Drink the liquid

Animal nutrition

0.39

Wood

Magic

Lay the branch or the wood at the entrance of his house

–

–

Expel someone from a village

38.48

Energy

Collect dry wood

–

Fire wood

Cooking

22.07

Construction

Collect branches

–

–

Fence of animal pens

2.74

Young twigs

Medicine

Boil in water

–

Take a bath

Delay of the first steps in children

83.33

Magic

Attach to the door of the house

–

–

Protection against geniuses (spiritual)

6.83

Lay behind his vehicle

–

–

Protection against accidents

3.9

Lay the branch or the wood in the farm or on wood

–

–

Protection of farms and bundles of wood against thieves

32.42

Lay the branch or the wood at the entrance of his house

–

–

Expel someone from a village

35.17

Cultural

–

Clay

–

Construction of wood fireplace for cooking

4.1

Attach two twigs in the shape of a cross

African fan palm leaf basket

–

Indicate the death of a young lady

5.66

Bark

Medicine

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid

Lack of appetite in children

8.33

Crush dry bark

–

Drink the liquid

Stomach aches

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, purge

Fragile child

8.33

Magic

Crush dry bark

–

–

Protection against geniuses, helps kill big game in the bush

31.64

Roots

Medicine

Roasted and crushed

Cow milk

Rub the body

Sore nerve

25

Boil in water

Butter of cow’s milk

Take a bath, massage and purge

Delay of the first steps in children

83.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, purge

Ulcer

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath

Premature infant

25

Boil in water

Shea butter

Drink the liquid, take a bath and massage

Sore nerve

25

Boil in water

Shea butter

Drink the liquid, take a bath and massage

Navel pain for children

25

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath

Headache

8.33

Roasted and crushed

Butter of cow’s milk

Massage

Back pain

8.33

Roasted and crushed

Butter of cow’s milk

Massage

Muscle aches

8.33

Seeds

Medicine

Boil in water or Roasted and crushed

Butter of cow’s milk

Massage

Muscle aches

16.67

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, purge

Navel pain for adults

8.33

Roasted and crushed

Butter of cow’s milk

Massage

Back pain

8.33

Leaves + roots + fruit

Medicine

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath

Premature infant

8.33

Boil in water

–

Drink the liquid, take a bath, purge

Navel pain

8.33