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Ruthalicia longipes

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Name

Identification
Physedra longipes Hook.f. [family CUCURBITACEAE ] Ruthalicia longipes (Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Physedra unrecorded
  • Ruthalicia longipes
  • Physedra longipes
  • Luffa unrecorded
Common name
  • asaman akyekyea akim (Chakravarty) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Information

Entry for Ruthalicia longipes (Hook. f.) C. Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 1
Names
Physedra longipes Hook. f. [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Ruthalicia longipes (Hook. f.) C. Jeffrey [family CUCURBITACEAE]
Common names
GHANA: AKAN-TWI asaman akyekyea akim (Chakravarty)
Uses
plant Medicines: stomach troubles plant Medicines: liver, etc. plant Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout
Description
A robust herbaceous climber, of semi-deciduous forest and secondary scrub, with brilliantly scarlet conspicuous fruit when ripe, recorded from Liberia to S Nigeria and Fernando Po, and occurring also in Cameroun, Gabon and Rio Muni.A decoction of the plant is used in Ivory Coast to relieve stomach-ache, scrotal elephantiasis and jaundice (1).
References
Reference:1. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 78, as Physedra longipes.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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