

Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Leaf, fruit and flower
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Leaves and young fruits are crushed together and applied on skin diseases such as scabies and impetigo
- Flowers are emetic
- Used to treat whooping cough, earache, oedema, vomiting, chronic cough, boils, haemorrhoids and fractures
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid: monocrotaline from leaves, fruits and seeds
Bioactivity :
Clinical:
References : Klitzke, C. F. et al., (2011), Direct Analysis of Natural Compounds by Venturi Ambient Laser Ablation Electrospray Ionization Coupled to a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer, Natural and Synthetic Products, 10.
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