MOVINGUI

1-Identification

French name: LE MOVINGUI

Scientific name: Distémonanthus benthamianus

Family: Césalpinées

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Active substances: Tannins

Parts used: Bark, leaves, roots

Habitat:

Included in the family of Caesalpineae, this tree is known because common, especially in secondary forest, and characteristic thanks to its trunk and colored branches. Indeed, its barrel, often angular at the base, and its branches display a gradient of hues, from top to bottom, ranging from gray-green, gray-yellow to brick red, rust red passing through orange and rosé. Quite often, older people have holes in the forks where parrots settle for nesting

Vernacular names:

:—Dioula, Bambara, Malinké, Sénoufo, Dogon:

—, Bwa, Bobo-fing, Balante, Badiaranké

—Dioula, Bété, Baoulé, Attié, Agni, Abbey:

—Wolf, Peuhl, , Floup, Foula:

— Minyanka , Mancagne, manding, Mandjaque, Moor:

—Doubt, Niominka, None:

—Bassari, Baynouk, Bayotte:

—Safèn, Sérère, Socé, Sarakolé, Susu:

—All color, Tandaneous:

—Portuguese Creole:

—Goun, Fon:

—Yorouba, Nago:

—Myna, Waci, Adja, Kotafon, Saxwè, :

— Bariba, Ditammari, dendi, Waama, Yom,

— Local names: rnyéné, orungu = ogèrninya nkomi, galoa = ovèndjô benga = bwèni fang = eyèn, eli-bengang viii, nzébi = rnuvèngè eshira, punu, sangu = muvèngi rnitsogo, sirnba = ovèngè rnindumu = rnukurnbu

2-Properties

. The bark powder, washed away in a little water, is used against skin diseases. Traditionally, the same preparation served as an invulnerability talisman for warriors, arrows and bullets sliding over their bodies.