Carpodinus dulcis

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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.