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Useful Tropical Plants

Griffonia tessmannii

(De Wild.) Compère

Fabaceae

+ Synonyms

Bandeiraea tessmannii De Wild.

Common Name:

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General Information

Griffonia tessmannii is a climbing shrub.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

West tropical Africa - Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, northern Angola, DR Congo.

Habitat

Gallery forest; riverine forest formations[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
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http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
HabitClimber
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A decoction of the aerial parts is drunk to treat gonorrhoea and stomach problems[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Feverish children are bathed in a decoction of the aerial parts in order to bring down the temperature[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Website
http://www.prota.org
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Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Young leaves are chopped and eaten as an aphrodisiac[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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Author
 
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http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
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Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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The leaves are pulped and then used to massage body parts with oedema[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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