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Table 4 Therapeutic virtues and/or properties of Blighia sapida soap in Benin

From: Uses, traditional management, perception of variation and preferences in ackee (Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig) fruit traits in Benin: implications for domestication and conservation

Virtue and medicinal properties

Number of quotations

 

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♀

Scabies

24

20

Tinea

22

19

Antipyretic

20

23

Antiseptic, dermatosis

23

27

Softening of the skin

20

29

Washing

3

6

Burns

21

24