Erythrina vogelii

A tree 8–16 ft. high, with woody branches armed with small firm falcate prickles largely distributed in the savannas of tropical Africa, often in stony areas.

Health Benefits and uses of Erythrina vogelii

• Unspecified plant parts, probably bark and/or roots, are used in traditional medicine in Côte d’Ivoire, to treat pains, rheumatism, bronchial complaints, gonorrhoea and haematuria, and as poison antidote.
• The root bark showed significant in-vitro activity against gram-positive bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis and Staphylococcus aureus) and the plant-pathogenic fungus Cladosporium cucumerinum. The isoflavonoids 1-methoxyphaseollidin and isowighteone were isolated as antifungal constituents amongst the many flavonoids present. Erythrina vogelii contains only traces of alkaloids and is less toxic than American Erythrina spp.
• Anti-oxidant activity

References

http://www.phytojournal.com/vol2Issue4/Issue_nov_2013/khan24.pdf