Combretum micranthum

Combretum micranthum is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae.

It is a shrub known as kinkeliba in Guinea, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and the Gambia across multiple regional dialects, where it is often found in tiger bush and on hills in West Africa.

It is used for making tea and has uses in traditional medicine, and is used by many West African Muslims during Ramadan to break their fast.

It is used traditionally in Senegal and Mali for fatigue, liver ailments, headache, convalescence, blood disease, weight loss, cancer, sleep problems, and its especially used for fasting by Mourides in Senegal.

It is one of the plants of power in Nigerian medicine and is used to treat liver disorders, especially in Senegal and Mali.

Combretum micranthum
traditionally used against Malaria