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General Information

Tiliacora leonensis is a large, evergreen, climbing shrub
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, food and source of fibre.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

West tropical Africa - Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.

Habitat

Rainforest and fringing forest[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Evergreen Climber
Height	0.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit[]. The fruit is up to 20mm long and 15mm wide, it contains a single large seed[].

Medicinal

An extract of the aerial parts is prescribed against dysentery, alone or in combination with leaves of Mallotus oppositifolius[].

Preparations of the bark, leaves or root are taken to treat cough, amenorrhoea and tachycardia[].

A paste of dried and ground leaves is given as an enema to pregnant women to help in the delivery of a heavy baby[].
The crushed leaves are applied to wounds[].

A root decoction is used as a treatment against gastric fever, oedema of the legs and anaemia[].
The root is put in palm wine and drunk, or an extract of the aerial parts is drunk, in combination with Paullinia pinnata, to improve sexual vigour[].

The root contains several alkaloids with curare-like action[]. Two of the alkaloids, funiferine and nortiliacorine A, have weak antimalarial and antimicrobial action[].

Other Uses

The stem is used to make chew sticks[].

The stem is used as a tying material[].

Propagation

Seed -

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