Z recounts how the use of this plant for snake bites is based on the following story provided by those interviewed : "It`s known when a snake attacks a lizard the lizard hurrys to eat the fruit of the "Kurdaani" (qursa'anneh) and to hold a stick in his mouth for defense. Because of the stick the snake cannot put the lizard in its mouth, and the fruit acts a drug against the snakes venom"