Trichilia emetica Vahl. [MELIACEAE]

T. emetica has many different uses in traditional medicine, but the main indication is as a wound healing remedy. Some of these wounds can be connected to infested wounds, phagedenic ulcer or cancerous wounds. Powder of the grounded roots also is used against cirrhosis, onchocerca, ascaris, stomach-aches and dysmenorrhoea. This powder mixed with milk is used as a purgative and a poison antidote, and mixed with honey it is used against asthma. The powder mixed with lukewarm water is used for vomiting. The macerate or decoction of the root bark is used to make women fecund, against hepatitis, gastric affections, fever and as an antiepileptic. The powder of the stem bark is traditionally used against fever, cough, bronchial trouble, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and for dressings on injuries. The bark is also used against troubles associated with the stomach such as gastritis, hepatitis, internal tumour and ulcer.  The leaves are used in decoctions against scabies, malaria, wounds, hypertension, weak children, burns, intestinal parasites, cutaneous or mouth infections; in infusion against rheumatism and lumbago. This plant is rich in hydrolyzable tannins.