Uvaria chamae

taxobox


image_caption = Finger-root
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Magnoliales
familia = Annonaceae
genus = "Uvaria"
species = "U. chamae"
binomial = "Uvaria chamae"
binomial_authority = P.Beauv.|

"Uvaria chamae", commonly known as finger root or bush banana is a climbing large shrub or small tree native to tropical West and Central Africa where it grows in wet and dry forests and coastal scrublands.cite book|last=Bongers|first=F.|coauthors=M. P. E. Parren, and D. Traore, editors|title=Forest Climbing Plants of West Africa: Diversity, Ecology and Management|publisher=CAB International|date=2005|isbn=085199914X] cite book|last=Iwu|first=Maurice M.|title=Handbook of African Medicinal Plants|publisher=CRC Press|date=1993|isbn=084934266X] The common name refers to the fruit growing in its small bunches; the fruit is edible and widely eaten. "U. chamae" is a medicinal plant used throughout its range to treat fevers and has antibiotic properties.

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