the nematode Ascaris suum, a swine parasite that is closely related to the human parasite A. lumbricoides. The half maximal effective concentration (EC50) value was 74 μg/mL. The authors concluded that these results encourage further investigation of the use of this plant as complementary treatment options for ascariasis. Medicinal uses This species is used in treating an uncommonly wide range of ailments and conditions. Decoctions of the leaves or roots are taken for gastro-intestinal disorders, fever, pneumonia, headache, hypotension, sore throat and sinusitis, venereal diseases, as an aphrodisiac and anthelmintic, as a tonic for pregnant women, and as a tonic for infants to prevent rickets and to control convulsions. Root decoctions and infusions are also taken for whooping cough, malaria, syphilis and kidney ailments, irregular menses, threatening abortion, skin diseases and epilepsy, and given to women before and after parturition to ease delivery and to expel blood from the uterus, and later to boost milk production. Roots are chewed to combat indigestion. Crushed leaves are used as an antiseptic and analgesic, and are applied to open wounds, mouth infections, otitis and abscesses, also burns, haemorrhoids, rheumatism and general body pains. Crushed leaves are also used to treat wounds in domestic animals, and as a snake-bite antidote. Dried leaves are widely used as an arthropod repellent, such as a filling material for mattresses and pillows against fleas, lice and bedbugs. The fruits are sweet and readily eaten by people and other animals. Stem bark is pounded and used as rope. External links Gallery Synonyms Amyris anisata Willd. Amyris dentata Willd. Amyris inaequalis (DC.) Spreng. Amyris nana Roxb. Amyris suffruticosa Roxb. Clausena anisata var. mollis Engl. Clausena anisata var. multijuga Welw. ex Hiern Clausena anisata var. paucijuga (Kurz) Molino Clausena bergeyckiana De Wild. & T.Durand Clausena dentata (Willd.) M.Roem. Clausena dentata var. dunniana (H.Lév.) Swingle Clausena dentata var. nana (Roxb.) N.P.Balakr. Clausena dentata var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) N.P.Balakr. Clausena dentata var. robusta Yu.Tanaka Clausena dunniana H.Lév. Clausena dunniana var. robusta (Tanaka) C.C.Huang Clausena inaequalis (DC.) Benth. Clausena inaequalis var. abyssinica Engl. Clausena longipes Craib Clausena nana (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Clausena odorata C.C.Huang Clausena pobeguinii Pobeg. Clausena pubescens Wight & Arn. Clausena suffruticosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. Clausena suffruticosa var. paucijuga Kurz Clausena vestita D.D.Tao Clausena wightii M.Roem. Clausena willdenowii Wight & Arn. (illegitimate) Cookia dulcis Bedd. Elaphrium inaequale DC. Fagarastrum anisatum G.Don Myaris inaequalis (DC.) C.Presl References anisata