Bark of <em>Entandrophragma cylindricum</em> (IMAGE)

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Bark of <em>Entandrophragma cylindricum</em>

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This photo shows the bark of Entandrophragma cylindricum, grated and put into a cone-shaped leaf to be used as medicine by BaYaka hunter-gatherers of Congo-Brazzaville. The BaYaka often use leaves as a container to squeeze the juice of a grated medicinal bark as eye or nose drops.

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© Gul Deniz Salali

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