Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Uses
Medicines: generally healing (bark-sap) Medicines: eye treatments (bark-sap) Medicines: ear treatments (root) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (bark, root, seed) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (leaf) Medicines: liver, etc. (root) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (root) Medicines: menstrual cycle (root) Medicines: abortifacients, ecbolics (bark, root) Medicines: venereal diseases (bark, root, seed) Medicines: fabrifuges (root) Medicines: leprosy (bark, root) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (leaf-bud) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (leaf-sap) Medicines: arteries, veins (all parts) Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids (wood-ash) Phytochemistry: soap and substitutes (all parts) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: indicators (soil, water) (wood-ash) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (leaf) Products: tobacco, snuff (wood) Products: carpentry and related applications (trunk, branches) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (leaf) Products: abrasives, cleaners, etc.
Description
A tree 6 to 20 m high, trunk 15–55 cm diameter, twigs with spines, leaves usually to 40 cm long, even to 150 cm, by 24 to 45 cm wide, inflorescence terminal with white sweet-scented flowers; of the closed-forest or mature regenerated jungle, usually in sw
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 138, 226. 228, 257. 2. Adewunmi & Sofowora, 1980. 3. Armstrong, 1985, a. 4. Bouquet, 1969: 148. 5. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 101, 106. 6. Dalziel, 1937: 362. 7. Irvine, 1961: 601. 8. Leeuwenberg 4287, K. 9. Milne-Red head 2846, K.