About Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll.Arg.) Pichon
Diplorhynchus condylocarpon (Müll.Arg.) Pichon, commonly known as the "horn-pod tree" and "wild rubber", grows as a shrub or small tree that reaches up to 20 metres (66 ft) in height, with a trunk diameter of up to 2 metres (7 ft). This species produces fragrant flowers with a white to creamy corolla. Its fruit is green or brown, formed of paired follicles that each measure up to 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) long. Local communities use this plant in traditional medicine to treat a range of conditions, including indigestion, diarrhoea, fever, snakebite, infertility, venereal disease, diabetes, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. The species is native to a region stretching from the southern Republic of the Congo to northern Namibia in the west, and to most of northern South Africa in the southeast. It grows in dry woodland and on hillsides at altitudes ranging from sea level to 1,700 metres (5,600 ft).
