🌍African Traditional Medicine
Aidan Fruit (Tetrapleura)
Tetrapleura tetraptera
About Aidan Fruit (Tetrapleura)
Aidan Fruit (Tetrapleura) (Tetrapleura tetraptera) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Epilepsy, High Blood Pressure, Asthma, and Fertility, among 1 other condition it addresses. The fruit / berries are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Tetrapleura tetraptera is a species of flowering plant in the pea family native to Western Africa. The plant is called Prekese (or, more correctly, Prɛkɛsɛ) in the Twi language of Ghana.It is also called Uhio (Uhiokrihio) in the Igbo Language of Nigeria,
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Fruit / Berries · internal