Ancistrocladus korupensis A Plant Known To Cure AIDS

DALE 8/11/2018 07:56:00 pm ,Science

Ancistrocladus korupensis A Plant Known To Cure AIDS

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This plant can only be found in Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

Leaves alternate, often crowded in rosettes on lateral flowering shoots. The flowers are small with a basally connate corolla, that are imbricate or rolled up lengthwise. The fruit is a nut with often wing-like accrescent sepals.
A picture of the leave is given below

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Ancistrocladus korupensis is a plant species known to cure AIDS.

This plant was first discovered in Cameroon it can also be found in countries like Nigeria, Tanzania, in Nigeria it is found in Cross River States inside Cross River National Park (CRNP).

This plant is known to cure AIDS by attacking the virus and killing it although is known to destroy the white blood cells and by destroying the white blood cells it destroys the host, that's why it has not been publicly declared as a plant that cures AIDS.

Moreover, Researches are still made on ways to extract the valuable content in the plant in a way to keep the white blood cell alive.