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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle talk 18:57, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

Siphonochilus aethiopicus

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Flowering African ginger in Mozambique

... that African ginger is used by the Zulu people to protect against lightning and snake bites?

Source: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/3/192, Indigenous Knowledge on the Uses, Sustainability and Conservation of African Ginger (Siphonochilus aethiopicus) among Two Communities in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa . "Existing literature also supports the spiritual uses of African ginger for protection. For example in KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa, the plant is used by the Zulu people to protect themselves from lightning and snakes"

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5x expanded by Rusalkii (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

Rusalkii (talk) 00:57, 20 March 2025 (UTC).

Article recently expanded. QPQ is done. Hook is interesting and verified in the inline cited source. Unless "used in traditional medicine" is a copyrightable phrase, no copyvio detected. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 05:18, 20 March 2025 (UTC)