Description
A woody climbing vine of the soapberry family with compound leaves and winged leaf stalks, common in West African forest and savanna.
Medicinal Uses
Widely used across West and Central Africa as a wound-healing and bleeding-stopping agent; leaf and root decoctions treat diarrhoea, stomach-ache, malaria, and bacterial infections such as typhoid and gonorrhoea.
Cultivation
A wild climbing vine of forest margins and savanna, not commonly cultivated.
