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Xylopia acutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is small tree that grows up to 15 m high. It is native to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire in west Africa.
It is native to Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and western Côte d'Ivoire, where it grows in lowland moist forests.
In Ghana and among the Ehotile people of Akanland, root extracts from the species is used as a sexual stimulant and as a chewing stick. Seeds are crushed and used as spice, wood obtained are used as material to make canoe paddles, spears or bows.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia acutiflora 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.
