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    Solanecio biafrae: An Underutilized Nutraceutically‑Important African Indigenous Vegetable

    Oluwakemi Adetutu Bello1, Opeyemi Isaac Ayanda1, Oluwadurotimi Samuel Aworunse1, Babafemi Ibukun Olukanmi1, Michael Olasunkanmi Soladoye3, Edward Babatunde Esan3, Olawole Odun Obembe1★★ Corresponding author

    1. 1Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Canaanland Ota, NIGERIA.
    2. 2Department of Basic Sciences, Babcock University, Ilishan‑Remo, Ogun, NIGERIA.
    3. 3Department of Biological Sciences, Environmental Biology Unit, Augustine University, Ilara Epe, Lagos, NIGERIA.

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    Olawole Odun Obembe

    Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Canaanland Ota, NIGERIA.

    olawole.obembe@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

    Volume 12, Issue 23 · pp. 128–132 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.4103/phrev.phrev_43_17

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    Solanecio biafrae (Olive and Hierne) C. Jeffrey (1986) (Family: Asteraceae), has synonyms Senecio biafrae Olive and Hierne (1877) and Crassocephalum biafrae (Olive and Hierne) S. Moore (1912). It is a perennial standent, underutilized African indigenous medicinal vegetable. It was first reported and published in Flora of Tropical Africa. Its common names varied from Gnanvule in Cote d’Ivoire to Worowo/bologi in Nigeria. It has alternate, simple, succulent, petiolated, and exauriculate leaves. Its propagation is vegetative by rooting of cuttings. However, there is no report on its propagation by seed. It is ubiquitous in cocoa plots in Nigeria, especially southwest; due to deliberate protection for economic revenue, but this has little‑uncoordinated cultivation indication. These deliberately protected few are exposed to contamination by a chemical used for protecting cocoa plants. It is highly nutritive and rich in protein. It is also medicinally important as a galactagogue and for treatment of diabetes, high blood pressure, and infertility. It has biological activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. It also has traditional and cultural claims for initiation and rituals. Personal interviews and search of the available literature on S. biafrae in electronic peer‑reviewed English journals using scientific databases such as Google Scholar, Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science was employed.

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      Bello, O. A., Ayanda, O. I., Aworunse, O. S., Olukanmi, B. I., Soladoye, M. O., Esan, E. B., & Obembe, O. O. (). Solanecio biafrae: An Underutilized Nutraceutically‑Important African Indigenous Vegetable. Pharmacognosy Reviews, 12(23), 128–132. https://doi.org/10.4103/phrev.phrev_43_17