Nice photographs Raman ji You have an impressive collection of trees.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > A shrub or tree to 7 m high, of savanna and secondary jungle, recorded > from Sierra Leone to N and S Nigeria. A variable species with two > varieties, var. cymosa and var. zenkeri (Gur΅ke) Brenan, recognized in the > Region, the former extending to Uganda, the latter to E Cameroun and S. > Tome. Other varieties occur in tropical Africa outside the Region.The wood > is described as perishable. It is however used in Zaïre (14) and in Kenya > (8) to make handles for tools, and in Ethiopia yokes (7). The stems are > sometimes used in Ghana as chewsticks (12, 13).Animals are said to browse > the foliage in Sudan (2, 3), but in the Makuyuni District the leaves are > held to be toxic (9). The leaves are commonly used in the Yoruba agbo > infusion given in draught and used as a wash for fever, children’s > convulsions, etc. Sap from the fresh leaves is a mild laxative for children > (5, 11–13). The plant (probably the leaves) is used in Gabon as a > laxative and a febrifuge (15). The leaf, usually after pounding with that > of Newbouldia laevis (Bignoniaceae) and a guinea pepper, is tied on the > head for headache (5).The root, like the leaves, is considered toxic in > Makuyuni District of Tanganyika (9, 10) but no application is ascribed to > it. A decoction of the roots and leaves is taken in Ghana for infantile > tetanus (5, 13), and for dysentery (Field fide 13).In Ivory Coast a > bark-decoction is taken for amenorrhoea, and the decoction when left to > cool separates to a supernatant layer of oil which is applied to > skin-affections (4).The fruit is edible (3, 13) and is used in Ghana as > bait for trapping birds (5, 13).A trace of alkaloid has been detected in > the plant (? leaves) (1). > > Raman >
