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KADYEPUT Scientific name: Melaleuca leucadendron Family: Myrtaceae Vernacular name: Cajeput tree Synonym/s: Cajeput.

White Tea Tree. Swamp Tea Tree. White Wood Constituents: cineol, Solid terpineol, several aldehydes such as valeric, butyric and benzoic Uses: Used for increasing the fullness and rapidity of the pulse and sometimes producing profuse perspiration. Used as a stimulating expectorant in chronic laryngitis and bronchitis, as an antiseptic in cystisis and as an anthelmintic for round worms, also used in chronic rheumatism. Applied externally, it is stimulant and mildly counterirritant and is usually applied diluted with 2 parts of olive oil or turpentine ointment. Used externally for psoriasis, scabies and other skin affections.

GUMAMELA Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Family name: Malvaceae Vernacular name: kayanga, tapolanga, tapurnga Synonym: Hibiscus, rose mallow, Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Shoe flower Constituents: hibiscotin Uses: expectorant, inducing abortion, provide treatment for headache. Flowers can also be or used as a purple dye for colouring foods such as preserved fruits and cooked vegetables. Root is edible but very fibrousy. Its also good for hair treatment. The leaves and flowers are beaten into a paste and poulticed onto cancerous swellings and mumps. The leaves are anodyne, aperient, emollient and laxative. A decoction is used as a lotion in the treatment of fevers.

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