Rhaphiostylis beninensis

Plants

Family: Metteniusaceae · Genus: Rhaphiostylis

Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892) · public_domain

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Rhaphiostylis beninensis is a woody, sprawling or scrambling glabrous, evergreen shrub or liane native to Tropical Africa, belonging to the family Metteniusaceae, and one of 3 species in the genus Rhaphiostylis. It is traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory by the Bantu people of Africa.

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