KIGELIA AFRICANA: AN EPHEMERAL GLANCE

Our world harbors a rich source of medicinal plants which are used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Kigelia africana popularly known as the Sausage tree, cucumber plant, Kigelia pinnata, is a multipurpose medicinal plant with many attributes and considerable potentials. Some of these include its use for treatment of gynecological disorders, renal ailments, skin complaint, tumors and reproductive disorders in developing countries where western orthodox medicine are expensive and are inaccessible,