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NAME: Carpodinus dulcis
FAMILY: Apocynacee
COMMON NAMES: brunehol, girl’s rubber
LOCAL NAMES: kushument (k)
MORPHORLOGICAL DESCRIPTION:
A climbing shrub with long terminal stems up to 10 metres long that attach themselves to other plants for support by means of tendrils.
USEFUL PART(s): Whole Plant
GENERAL USES:
The fruit is edible
Ointments making
Medicinal use for impotency
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION:
Senegal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
WHY IS IT GREEN?
Galactagogure
Aphrodisiac
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Can serve medicinal purposes
Adapts in tropical regions
Serves as raw material for rubber industry.
FUN FACT
The fruit is yellow externally, in size and appearance resembling a lime.
FURTHER READING
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Hedrick, ed., 1919. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.