epapai
noun M
plural: ipapa
a decidious Camel's Foot leaf tree, Piliostigma thonningii. Its bark can be used as fibre or rope, and root extract is used as a remedy for scorpion and snake bites, rectal ulcers and genital syphilis. The pods are eaten as food, or roasted with seeds to make dye. The tree provides poles and firewood
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