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General Information

Cremaspora triflora can be a shrub, small tree or a climbing shrub growing up to 9 metres tall[]. It is usually much branched[].
The plant is gathered from the wild and used locally for food, medicine and as a dye[, ]. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental somewhat resembling a coffee shrub, bearing white sweet-scented flowers[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Tropical Africa - Senegal to Angola, DR Congo, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Habitat

Evergreen forest, fringing forest, bushland and thicket from sea-level up to 2,000 metres[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	0.00 m
Cultivation Status	Ornamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit is said to be edible[].

The bark is used to strengthen fermented drinks[].

Medicinal

The bark is used to alleviate toothache by putting a piece of it in a diseased tooth and by washing the mouth with a bark decoction[].

A root extract is used against rheumatism[].

A decoction of the plant is drunk against swellings, intestinal parasites and as a diuretic[].

Alkaloids are present in leaf and bark[].

Other Uses

Both unripe and ripe fruits produce a blue-black dye[]. It is used in various parts of Africa as a cosmetic to colour the face and body[, ].
The crushed seed produces a deep black dye, which is used to dye bark cloth made from Ficus thonningii[]. It is also used to colour the body and face[].

The wood is yellowish and hard[]. It is used in construction as poles and also makes good firewood[].

Propagation

Seed -

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