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Nigeria's medicinal plants: Mucuna pruriens (Werepe) – Punch Newspapers


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pruriens is a member of the big family; Fabaceae. It is a lofty climber with pubescent stems. The flowers are deep purple to almost black. The fruit is densely clothed with rusty stinging hairs.
I know of a fertility supplement for both male and female that is made in India and marketed by a popular pharmaceutical company in Nigeria. The list of its ingredients includes Mucuna pruriens. One of my maternal uncles, Mr Lanre Olaoba, shared an experience he had years ago with me. It was so hilarious that I laughed so hard till tears came out of my eyes. He said he went to work on the farm one day but unknown to him Mucuna pruriens was on the farm. He told me it started like a sting but as soon as his body became sweaty, the itching began and he started scratching his body and rolling on the ground in pain. One of those around rubbed his body with sand to remove the hairy particules of the plant from his body. That was like adding salt ....

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