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Piliostigma reticulatum
Camel's foot is a seasonally dry tropical tree from West Africa to Ethiopia, growing up to 10 m with bilobed, leathery leaves. It is grown mainly in the wild or as an intercrop and forage tree in the Sahel, not as a common garden or houseplant.
Piliostigma reticulatum, also known as camel's foot, is a legume in the Cercidoideae subfamily. It occurs throughout western tropical Africa to Ethiopia.
The species has been shown to be useful as an intercrop for crops such as millet in the Sahel.
Test on plant's extracts isolated the methylated flavonols, 6-C-methylquercetin-3-methyl ether, 6,8-di-C-methylkaempferol-3- methyl ether, and 6-C-methylquercetin-3,30 ,7-trimethyl ether. Leaves and fruits contains tartaric acid.
Widespread in the Sudan and Sahel savannah regions of West Africa, east towards Sudan.
Extracts of the species is used by locals as an antiseptic and to treat a variety of illnesses; root extracts are used by herbalists to treat diarrhea, gonorrhea, uterine pain, liver and gall pains while bark decoctions are used in the wound healing process. Extracts of leaves are used to treat a variety of issues including cough, bronchitis, and rheumatism.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
