Nigeria's chewing sticks: Carpolobia lutea G. Don (Egbo Oshunshun) – Punch Newspapers
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 27 December 2020 Carpolobia lutea G. Don belongs to the family polygalaceae of which Securidaca longepedunculata known as ‘ipeta’ by the Yoruba is a member. It is an evergreen shrub or a small tree which can grow up to 5 m in height. The leaves are 2-7.5 cm long and 1-2.8 cm broad; the branches and midrib are densely pubescent, the leaf lamina is variable in shape. The fruit is freshly yellow, orange or red; the seed is densely villous with copious fleshy endosperm. Two things thrill me about this plant. The first is that it has anti-helicobacter pylori...