Habitat: coastal dune scrub and low coastal forest
Uses: Traditional medicine uses this plant to treat Gonorrhoea, exczema, constipation, diarrhea, chest pain, laxative in effect">purgative for hook worms, malaria, stomach pain, cancer, and in a recipe for epilepsy. From African Ethnobotany: Poisons and Drugs : Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology. By Hans Dieter Neuwinger
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