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Collector Ellemann, L.
Number 480
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Country Tanzania
Subpart ARUSHA
County  
Locality Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Kelogi. A small rocky hill with scattered trees surrounded with grass savanna, clasifien as lowland, "olpurkol" by the Maasai. Informatin given by Kidami Metele, irmakaa-agegroup and Lepilal Ole Nakuroi, irking'onde-agegroup.
Coordinates 3° 2' S 35° 17' E
Minimum elevation (m) 1550
Maximum elevation (m) 1550
Start date 1993/05/03
End date 1993/05/03
Family Anacardiaceae
Identification Rhus natalensis Bernh. ex Krause
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Field notes Tree. Maasai name: ormisigiyoi Wood used for construction of huts as "embokishi" and "eloom". Used for medicine for people, who have been wounded by a lion. 4-5 pieces of branches with bark 5 cm long is to make soup and light porridge. The treatment is repeated until the patient recovers.

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