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This item is from "Some Common Medicinal And Poisonous Plants Used In Ethiopian Folk Medicine" work, by Amare Getahun.

Aizoaceae

Glinus lotoides L.

meterre (A)

terabit (T)

Herb, grayish prostrating, confused in the literature with Budleya polystachyla originated from misuse of common names.

Widely used as an effective tapeworm expectorant and often sold on the open markets. The plant is common in alluvial flood plains of lowlands such as the flood plains of Kallafo formed by the Wabe Shebelle River.

 

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