Brysocarpus coccineus

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NAME:  Brysocarpus coccineus

FAMILY: Connaraceae

COMMON NAMES: Crimson thyme

LOCAL NAMES: Amuje wewe, ade,Kimbar maharbe,Oka abole,Mgba apepea

USEFUL PART(s): Root, leaves

GENERAL USES:

  • The plant is use to decorate the environment

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

  • Nigeria

  • Togo

  • Ghana

  • Senegal

  • Guinea Bissau

  • Sierra Leone

  • Ivory coast

WHY IS IT GREEN?

Brysocarpus coccineus medicinal values include

  • Jaundice

  • Pile

  • Gonorrhea

  • venereal disease

  • impotence

  • anti-tumour

  • ulcer

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

  • Ornamental value

FUN FACT

  • Brysocarpus coccineus is a climbing  woody vine of savanna copse and secondary jungle, widely distributed from Guinea to West Cameroons, and in other parts of tropical Africa

FURTHER READINGS

Adedosu, O. T., Adejoke, T. T., Salako, O. O., & Olorunsogo, O. O. (2012). Effects of extracts of the leaves of brysocarpus coccineus on rat liver mitochondrial membrane permeability transition (MMPT) pore. Afr J Med Med Sci, 41 Suppl, 125–132. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23678647

Couturier, M., Navarro, D., Chevret, D., Henrissat, B., Piumi, F., Ruiz-Dueñas, F. J., … Rosso, M. N. (2015). Enhanced degradation of softwood versus hardwood by the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus coccineus. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-015-0407-8

Szymańska, R., & Kruk, J. (2013). Activity of tocopherol oxidase in Phaseolus coccineus seedlings. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 35(8), 2539–2545. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-013-1289-7