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General Information

Icacina mannii is a scandent or straggling shrub, or liane; it can produce stems 1.5 - 6 metres tall, growing from a large, underground tuber[].
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon and DR Congo, south to Angola.

Habitat

Evergreen forest, swamp and gallery forests, forest clearings; at elevations from 5 - 1,200 metres[].

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Climber
Height	4.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

A leaf-decoction is taken as an expectorant and emetic to relieve bronchial affections and coughs[]
The leaf-sap, combined with guinea-grains (Aframomum melegueta), constitute an embrocation applied in massage to areas of costal pain[]. The leaf-sap is added to that of a Tetrorchidium species (possibly Tetrorchidium didymostemon) for use on sores[].

The root is sometimes taken as an expectorant and emetic to relieve bronchial affections and coughs[].
The tuber is mashed up and macerated for 2 - 3 days in water, which is then drunk as a remedy for gastro-intestinal troubles and dysentery[].

The plant (part not stated) is reputed to be a purgative and a powerful diuretic; it is used in the treatment of oedema and female sterility[].

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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