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Yoruba historians ascribed to her Sensuality, Beauty, Gracefulness, symbolizing Yorubas' search for clarity and flowing motion. She is associated with several powers including abilities to heal with cool water, induction of fertility and feminine essence, Women appeal to her for child-bearing and for the alleviation of female disorders.
[3] [4] Oil extracts from the seeds are used to make 'owala' butter, an ingredient used in making candles, lubricants and ointments in Central Africa. [5] A decoction of the bark is applied as a topical treatment for sores and wounds. [6] In parts of Nigeria, leaf extracts are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diarrhea related ...
Palm oil, very popular for biofuel, but the environmental impact from growing large quantities of oil palms has recently called the use of palm oil into question. [157] Peanut oil, used in one of the first demonstrations of the Diesel engine in 1900. [148] Radish oil. Wild radish contains up to 48% oil, making it appealing as a fuel. [158]
O. gratissimum is a common culinary herb in West Africa and is used by some in the Caribbean, going by many local names, even in the Indian subcontinent. Ebe-amwonkho in Edo “Fever leaves” in Liberia Tchayo in Fon; Dogosui in Ewe; Efirin in Yoruba [4] Tamwṍtswã́gi in Nupe; Ajuntita in Ikwerre; Nchanwu in Igbo [4] Kpan-sroh in Irigwe ...
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The young leaves are used in folk medicine as anthelmintic, antimalarial, laxative/purgative, enema, expectorant, worm expeller and fertility inducer in subfertile women. Many herbalists and naturopathic doctors have recommended the aqueous extracts for their patients as treatment for emesis, nausea, diabetes, loss of appetite-induced abrosia ...
Egusi seeds are used in making egusi soup; the soup is thickened with the seeds. Melothria sphaerocarpa, which egusi seeds are from, grows throughout central to western Africa and is used by different ethnic groups in these regions to prepare the soup, and the origins of the soup are deeply rooted in the Yoruba culinary [6] Egusi soup is a very popular soup in West Africa, with considerable ...
Melothria sphaerocarpa is a species of melon native from southern Mexico and the Dominican Republic through Central America to tropical South America. It has been introduced to western tropical Africa, [1] where has been known under the synonym Cucumeropsis mannii, and is grown for food and as a source of oil, more often for the seed oil than for the fruit.