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Albizia glaberrima
Albizia glaberrima is a deciduous tree found in Tropical Africa. It belongs to the family Fabaceae. It is traded under the name 'white nongo' and it is well distributed in West, Central, East and parts of Southern Africa.
The species occurs in tropical Africa from Guinea-Bissau in West Africa eastwards to Sudan and southwards to Mozambique. It is also found in Comoros and Madagascar. It is found in semi-deciduous and lowland rain forests, sub montane forests and riparian forests zones.
In parts of Northern Ghana, extracts are used as a cough suppressant while in Nigeria, stem bark extracts are soaked in water as preparation for a decoction to treat inflammation, pain management and fever. In Tanzania root extracts are prepared to treat schistosomiasis.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Albizia glaberrima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
