Bush Passion flower, wild water lemon,stinking passionflower, love-in-a-mist

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Passiflora foetida is an exotic medicinal vine.The fresh or dried whole plants as well as their preparations are accepted for medicinal use in America, Germany, France, and other European countries for the treatment of nervous anxiety.Researchers have also found that one chemical component of passionflower has antimicrobial activity,the decoction of leaves and fruits to treat asthma and biliousness,leaves and root decoction is emmenagogue, used in hysteria and leaf paste is applied on the head for giddiness and headache. REF :http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/viewFile/58170/46534