Uses

ID 468
Crop ID African Bitter Yam
Part Root
Use Category Medicinal
Notes The tuber is boiled and eaten, or the liquid can be drunk, in the treatment of jaundice and malaria. The root is considered a cure for schistosomiasis. The powder obtained from dried and pounded roots is soaked in water and used to treat bilharzia. The root is used topically as an anodyne to relieve pain.
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