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Ormukutan

Plant details

Albizia anthelmintica

Plant use

Disease/ Afflicted area

body cleansing, medical treatment, water,

Maasai name

Ormukutan

stomach

Scientific (Latin) name

Albizia anthelmintica

Part used

Common name

Worm-cure albizia

Maasai translation:… nashukuru..  Na nakwenda kuongelea  archani obo oji ormukutan, ore naa ormukutan nekiyiolo pookin aajo etii ormukutan boi are, etii ormukutan sidai netii ormukutan torono, ore ormukutan sidai naa ele laa enekipuo aayerie matejo kule nemiinyal irtung’ana, kiyiolo ormukutan aajo kees kasi sapuk tengohoke, isafisha osesen naleng’ naleng’, eretoki irtung’ana pookin aata imoyiaretin naaisu osesen enaa kulo lekijo eeta osupetai .. kama sii osupetai mekiyiolo aajo eniwok ormukutan nisafisha moja kwa moja, nekiyiolo ake aajo iyiolo ormukutan ena saa duo eeta nguvu naleng’ tooronjoi, kiyolo aajo yiolo ormukutan naa akewok ironjoi naleng’ amu keyeu naa inje nguvu napoyie, niyiolo aajo eniwok ormukutan nemindoki aayeu engare aigiligil metaa kiitoi osesen esidai nitobir, naa yolo sii engai emusho yiolo ormukutan kiliki ake aajoki yolo ormukutan ele duo oinepuni aatorono naa akipoti irmuran nepuo aapuo aikar ilo mukutan pee eyiolouni aajo meyieriyere taa taisee ele amu ikaja,, amu torono.. Yiolo naaduo kulo kuliek sidan otii in’donyo, otii im’bat aangariak yiolo sii osidai nepali ake mikaralo pee edung’u ortung’ani pookin oyeu,


Swahili translation: …..nashukuru..Nakwenda kuongelea dawa moja inaitwa ormukutan,ormukutan tunajua kuna aina mbili,kuna nzuri na mbaya ,ile nzuri ni ile tukienda kupika na maziwa haiwezi dhuru watu,tunajua ormukutan inafanya kazi kubwa kwa tumbo inasafisha mwili moja kwa moja,na tunajua ormukutan saa hii tu ndio ormukutan ndio iko na nguvu ,kwa boma isiyokuwa ya kuishi wakikunywa na hawa watu wa kuhamahama hawataki tena maji'maana wanataka nguvu ya kutumia wakienda,na unajua ukikunywa ormukutan hautaki kurudiarudia maji inakausha mwili na kutengeneza kabisa,ya mwisho unajua ormukutan unajua ormukutan ndio hii inapatikana ikiwa mbaya warani wanaitwa wanaenda kufunga na kutengeneza na ormukutan ndio ijulikane haipigwi kwa sababu,,ni mbaya…unajua hii mti nzuri zinapatikana mlimani,zinapatikana upande wa maji ile nzuri inawachwa kama haija fungiwa ndio ule mtu anataka akate.


English translation: Thank you… I’m going to talk about a medicine called Ormukutan. Ormukutan we know has two types: The good and the bad. The good one is cooked with milk; if this is done the milk will be pasturized. Ormukutan can also be drunk directly, to help the stomach and clean the body. Ormukutan is very powerful. Also, if someone is nomadic and isn’t living in a place with consistent water, Ormukutan can help quench a person's thirst for a long time if it is mixed with water. While water dries the body, Ormuktan keeps it hydrated. Ormuktan is very rare, however, so local wardens make sure it is not overharvested. This important tree is found only on mountainsides with good rainfall. When people go to harvest, they take only a cut of the tree so the rest of the tree can continue to proliferate. 

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