Description
A shrubby legume whose leaves contain rotenone, historically crushed and thrown into ponds and streams to stun fish for easy harvesting.
Medicinal Uses
Used across Africa as an insecticide against lice, fleas, and ticks, and in traditional medicine as a purgative and anthelmintic; the plant is toxic and should not be used informally as a remedy.
Cultivation
Grown as a shrub or hedge and sometimes as a green manure/cover crop; propagated by seed.
