“…It is a plant with diverse claims of effectiveness, widely utilized in traditional medicine by various cultures throughout the tropical Africa, including but not limited to Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Ghana, Congo, Cote de Voire, and Cameroun. Some of the documented medical uses include in the folk treatment of fevers (including yellow fever), malaria, stomach ache, cough, sexually transmitted infections, skin infections, tooth ache, breast cancer, constipation, pain (pelvic pain in females, chest pain, ear ache), gonococcal orchitis, elephantiasis, sorefeet, ulcer, epilepsy, convulsion, migraine, sickle cell anaemia, as a febrifuge, as a vermifuge, in female reproductive healthcare (fibroids, infertility, hemorrhage), as aphrodisiacs, eye problems, snake bites, wound healing, diabetes, arthritis, rheumatism and other inflammatory conditions [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. Some of the folkloric uses of this plant have been scientifically validated.…”