In traditional medicine across various ethnic groups, extracts and decoctions of G. latifolium leaves are utilized for diverse purposes. For instance, the Ikale community in Nigeria reportedly uses it to treat malaria, nausea, and anorexia. 4,5 The Efik and Quas tribes of Cross River State in Nigeria also utilize the leaves for treating malaria, diabetes, hypertension, and constipation. 6 In Senegal and Ghana, G. latifolium leaves are applied on children's joints to aid walking, while the boiled fruits are consumed as a laxative. 7 According to another report, it is use in some West African communities to treat cough, intestinal worms, dysentery, dyspepsia and malaria 7 . Traditionally, asthmatic patients have been reported to get relieved when they chew the fresh leaves of G. latifolium while a cold maceration of the roots of the plant can be consumed as treatment for the asthmatic conditions. 7 My other uses have also been reported, hepatitis, bilharzia infection, microbial infections and dyspepsia. [8][9] They have also been scientific efforts to investigate the pharmacological properties responsible for the claimed benefits of G. latifolium extract and fractions. Antiinflammatory, 3,5,10 antimicrobial, 3,5,11 antidiabetic activity, 6,12 antioxidant, 13-14 anticancer, 15 hepato-and nephroprotective activities 16 are among the many reported pharmacological effects of various extracts. Many medicinal plants have been utilized to treat infections and other diseases due to their different effects on animal immune systems. We have previously shown that various versatile medicinal plants, at least partly, owe their medicinal properties to the modulation of specific and non-specific immune responses to antigenic challenges and