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Scientific Name:Triumfetta rhomboidea   
Vernacular Name:Umucundura, Umushyigura
Family name :Umucundura, Umushyigura
Geographic Distribution:Savanna, thicket, galery forest,mountain forest, alongside roads, ruderal areas 1400-1800 m.

Botanical Description

Bushy plant or erected robust herb that ccan reach 2.50 m high. The stem is ramificated, pubescent, to nearly glabrous. Persistant leaves with petioles of 0.2 -11 cm long, leaf blade  rhombic – oval sometimes with inferior leaves trilobed. Yellow flowers or reddish yellow.

 

Medicinal Use

The leaves are used for the treatment of bums. They are crushed up with water and applied to the bums. Roots usd for the treatment of toothache, and for circumcision wounds. Heated roots used for headache. Ayinkamiye Sarah a tradipractician in Eastern Rwanda, Kirehe district said crushed leaves of Triumfetta rhomboidea are used in the treatment of uro-genitalinfections, skin infection and stomachaches.  Infusion used for abscesses and yaws. Pounded leaves.

Other Use

It produces fiber to make  ropes.

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