Mansoa Alliacea-Medicinal Plant

Description: Mansoa alliacea is an ornamental evergreen vine, 2-2.5m (6 to 8 feet) tall; opposite leaves divided into two ovate leaflets, up to 15cm (6 inch) long. The leaves are bright green. Two special features makes this plant pretty unique: First, the tri-colour blooms.

Alliacea could be commercialized as a perfume fixative, as an ingredient used in perfumery or as a medicine to treat rheumatism and arthritic pains (alcoholic maceration of the bark and roots or by application of the patch of the leaves in the affected area); the infusion of the leaves could be used as an analgesic