Wild Flowering Plants
Rubiaceae
Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc.
Kalkan. Kikado.
Tropical & Subtropical America.
Very common scandent shrub of deciduous seasonal forest and semi-evergreen seasonal forest.
There are large and small-leafed forms, both now considered to be the same species.
The roots are used as bwa bandé-type male stimulant.
See also Chione venosa and Xanthoxylum spinifex
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