Alstonia boonei
Family Name:
Apocynaceae
Local Name:
Osenuro (nyamedua)
Uses As Per Literature:
The bark, leaves and roots are all used to relieve rheumatic pain and other pains. The leaf-sap is used to cleanse sores. The bark sap is used externally to treat some skin-complaints. In Ghana a decoction is given after childbirth to promote expulsion of the afterbirth.
Source: Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014
Traditional Uses:
Bark is used to treat measles.
Plant Category:
Medicinal Plants
Disease Treated:
- Measles
