| Field notes | Tree, flowers green. Maasai name: oloirrien (big), engoirrien (small), engoirrenito (small, plural) Burning wood used to clean and dry milk calabashes. Big branches used for fence around the boma, as it doesn't break easily and has no thorns, which can harm the cattle. It might be used together with poles. Used to remove all kind of interstinal worms in man and cattle. A little amount of bark or root is extracted in a quater litre of water and mixed with a little milk. It has a cream colour and bitter taste. Used in connection with circumcision. A big branch, called "ilatimi" with leaves is placed on each site of the hut where the circumcied child live and stay there for four days. Branches with leaves are burned in the fire together with "entasimi" as it has a nice smell. It can be used at any kind of disease. William ole Seki: Three pieces of 3 x 2 inches of bark is smashed, boiled, mixed with milk and drunk for "oloirobi". Used to make clubs and pestle to make holes in the ground for poles in construction of huts. Sambero ole Armaduani, Oloronyo, Irmakaa-agegroup: Used by pregnant women to provoke vomiting to prevent to be fat. 1/2 cop or bark extracted in 1 litre of water in 1 minutes and mixed wiht a bit of milk and salt, after drinking the medicine pure water is drunk. The treatment is repeated every 4th. to 10th. day depending on the women's condition, particularly used often for women, who are pregnant for the first or second time, as they can't manage to remain thin, where more experienced women know they shall avoid milk and fat during pregnancy. The same treatment can also be used by others, if one feels digestion does't function properly. The medicine can induce diarrhoea. "Oloirrien" and "entukushi" are the most used for pregnant women, but "ormukutan" can also be used if available. Lekura Metele, Nasiporiong', Irmakaa-agegoup: The smoke brethe in for coughing. Meshuko ole Mapi, oloiboni, mkidong'i-clan, living in Buti close to Makuyuni Used as firewood for the fire called "olokor", because it has a good smell and help curing "oloirobi" by breathe in the smoke. Olootaosirwa ole Mako, oloiboni living in Piaya: Not used for "entasimi". Used to light a new fire and big branches are used to place in front of the mothers hut at circumcision. People of "enkidong'i"-clan use big branches for flag as it is strong and has a nice smell. |
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