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Useful Tropical Plants

Jateorhiza macrantha

(Hook.f.) Exell & Mendonça

Menispermaceae

+ Synonyms

Cocculus macranthus Hook.f.

Jateorhiza strigosa Miers

Common Name:

Jateorhiza macrantha

General Information

Jateorhiza macrantha is a deciduous, climbing shrub producing strongly hairy stems up to 9 metres long from a tuberous rootstock[
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes retained for medicinal purposes when the forest is cleared for cocoa plantations[
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Title
Flora of Tropical Africa Vol 1 - 8
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Author
Var
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
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L.Reeve & Co.; Ashford, Kent.
Year
1868 - 1917
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Description
Very little information on habitat, range and uses, but gives good descriptions of the plants. It can be downloaded from the internet.

Range

Tropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola.

Habitat

Dense and humid lowland, evergreen and semi-deciduous forests[
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The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
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Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
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Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
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Properties

Edibility Rating *  *
Medicinal Rating *  *  *
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitDeciduous Climber
Height9.00 m
Self-fertileNo
Cultivation StatusSemi-cultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details



A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
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Edible Uses

Fruit - raw. A sweet flavour[
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]. The yellowish ochre to orange-red fruit is composed of up to 3 ovoid drupelets 2 - 3cm long and around 2cm wide, each containing a slimy, creamy-white pulp surrounding a single, large, hard seed.The fruit is covered with stiff, long, brown hairs[
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The succulent roots are eaten in times of famine[
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Medicinal

The leaf sap, mixed with other medicines, is applied to stop bleeding during pregnancy[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. The leaf sap is dropped into the ears, nose or eyes as a treatment against headache[
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The bark, combined with that of Kigelia africana, is used as a treatment against snakebites[
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Hairs from the stem are applied as a dressing on ulcers[
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The roots contain the diterpenes columbin, chasmanthin and palmarin, and the alkaloids columbamine, jatrorrhizine and palmatine[
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Other Uses

The leaves are tied to the cut end of the raffia palm in order to increase the flow of sap for palm wine[
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Girls tie the twining stem around their limbs when dancing[
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Propagation

Seed -
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