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Internal ID UUID64405b25d4074249483694
Scientific name Silene macrosolen
Authority Steud. ex A.Rich.
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 44 (1847)

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Language Common/alternative name
Amharic ወገርት

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001292340
Tropicos 6303443
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157751-1
The Plant List tro-6303443
Open Tree Of Life 6037456
NCBI Taxonomy 2878875
IPNI 157751-1
GBIF 5586478
EOL 5200267

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Medicinal ethnoveterinary plants used for treating livestock ailments in the omo-gibe and rift valley basins of Ethiopia Wendimu A, Bojago E, Abrham Y BMC Vet Res 30-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11059770
doi:10.1186/s12917-024-04019-6
PMID:38689300
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia Seraw E, Melkamu Y, Masresha G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025143
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00678-9
PMID:38632559
An Ethnobotanical Survey of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities to Treat Various Diseases around Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Teshome M, Kebede F, Yohannes T Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10632060
doi:10.1155/2023/5575405
PMID:37946795
An ethnomedicinal study in tulo district, west hararghe zone, oromia region, Ethiopia Bogale M, Sasikumar JM, Egigu MC Heliyon 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10106503
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15361
PMID:37077674
Ethnobotanical Study of Traditional Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Animal Diseases in Sedie Muja District, South Gondar, Ethiopia Mekonnen AB, Mohammed AS, Tefera AK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9526633
doi:10.1155/2022/7328613
PMID:36193157
Medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of malaria in Ethiopia: a review of ethnomedicine, anti-malarial and toxicity studies Nigussie G, Wale M Malar J 10-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9463824
doi:10.1186/s12936-022-04264-w
PMID:36088324
Medicinal plants used to treat livestock ailments in Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Asfaw A, Lulekal E, Bekele T, Debella A, Debebe E, Sisay B BMC Vet Res 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9215094
doi:10.1186/s12917-022-03320-6
PMID:35733153
The study of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants at Mojana Wodera district, central Ethiopia Abebe M PLoS One 25-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9132277
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0267447
PMID:35613136
Antimalarial Efficacy of Hydromethanolic Root Extract and Solvent Fractions of Urtica simensis Hochst. ex. A. Rich. (Urticaceae): An Experimental Study on Plasmodium berghei-Infected Mice Sisay W, Andargie Y, Molla M Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8983210
doi:10.1155/2022/6702733
PMID:35392641
Antimalarial Effect of the Root of Silene macrosolen A. Rich (Caryophyllaceae) on Plasmodium-berghei-Infected Mice Atsbha GH, Balasubramanian R, Gebre AK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC10435308
doi:10.1155/2021/8833865
PMID:37601484
Medicinal Plants Used to Manage Human and Livestock Ailments in Raya Kobo District of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Osman A, Sbhatu DB, Giday M Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7647763
doi:10.1155/2020/1329170
PMID:33178305
Medicinal plant use practice in four ethnic communities (Gurage, Mareqo, Qebena, and Silti), south central Ethiopia Teka A, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Van Damme P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7245860
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00377-1
PMID:32448337
Ethnomedicinal plants used for snakebite treatments in Ethiopia: a comprehensive overview Yirgu A, Chippaux JP J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis 05-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6682375
doi:10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2019-0017
PMID:31428140
Plants Used as Anticancer Agents in the Ethiopian Traditional Medical Practices: A Systematic Review Tuasha N, Petros B, Asfaw Z Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 03-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6192134
doi:10.1155/2018/6274021
PMID:30402131
Systematic review on traditional medicinal plants used for the treatment of malaria in Ethiopia: trends and perspectives Alebie G, Urga B, Worku A Malar J 01-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5540187
doi:10.1186/s12936-017-1953-2
PMID:28764723

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