muunjuga-iria

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Kikuyu

muunjuga-iria (Rotheca myricoides)
muunjuga-iria (Ruttya fruticosa)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally means “the milk-stirring plant”.[4] According to Benson (1964), twigs of blue butterfly bush were used as swizzle sticks.[5]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muuᶮd͡ʑuɣa iɾija/

Noun

muunjuga-iria class 3 (plural miunjuga-iria)

  1. (blue) butterfly bush (Rotheca myricoides,[2] syn. Clerodendrum myricoides[5][4]); recently reported that decoction of a shoot or roots used for treating STDs, including syphilis and gonorrhea.[2][3]
    Synonym: muunjuga
  2. Pavetta elliottii[1][4]
    Synonym: mũbirũ mwerũ[4]
  3. jammy mouth (Ruttya fruticosa)[4]
    Synonym: muunjuga

Usage notes

  • (Pavetta elliottii): Source of this identification is from East African Herbarium(nl).[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beentje, H.J. (1994). Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas. Nairobi, Kenya: National Museum of Kenya. →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kamau, Loice Njeri et al. (2016). "Ethnobotanical survey and threats to medicinal plants traditionally used for the management of human diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya", p. 11. TANG 6(3).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Njoroge, Grace N. and Rainer W. Bussmann (2009). "Ethnotherapeutic management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and reproductive health conditions in Central Province of Kenya." Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 8(2), pp. 255–261.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. III, pp. 1301, 1338, 1346. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 “muunjuga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 546. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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