{"id":2338,"date":"2010-06-02T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2010-10-12T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T08:27:52","slug":"muza-gondwe-on-gondolosi-african-viagra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmj\/2010\/06\/02\/muza-gondwe-on-gondolosi-african-viagra\/","title":{"rendered":"Muza Gondwe on Gondolosi &#8211; African Viagra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/site\/blog\/icons\/muza.jpg\" alt=\"Muza Gondwe\" width=\"162\" height=\"110\" align=\"left\" \/>I first came across it on a weekend sojourn to Lilongwe from Blantyre in Malawi. On the drive up to Lilongwe, the guys took an unscheduled pit stop in a bustling market village. After protracted discussions, one of the vendors disappeared and promptly returned with several roots of \u201cwhite ginger\u201d wrapped in a newspaper.\u00a0 We continued on our journey with the guys being more animated and extremely anxious. I was completely na\u00efve. This spot is quite popular for buying vegetables so I thought gondolosi was some sort of local vegetable but the guys filled me in on the remainder of the trip about their organic delight and the exciting plans they had for that Saturday night. In Malawi, Gondolosi is believed to promote sexual arousal, enhance sexual performance, increase sensitivity, and cure erectile dysfunction in men.<!--more-->Gondolosi is wide spread across Sub-Saharan Africa from Guinea, to Kenya, to Angola. In Kenya, the Luhya tribe call it Mukombela, or \u201clove and forgiveness.\u201d In Cameroon it is called Limte and in Angola, Mundondo. Its scientific name is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantzafrica.com\/plantklm\/mondiawhitei.htm\">Mondia whitei<\/a><\/em>. It is a wild, high climbing vine with red-purple flowers and large heart-shaped leaves almost telling of its \u201cromantic\u201d qualities. The roots have a strongly pleasant aroma and a sweet enjoyable taste, rather hot and bitter at first then slightly sweeter later. People either chew the root or brew it as a tea.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mondia whitei<\/em> is supposedly a remedy for anything and everything not just sexual prowess, e.g. heartburn, indigestion, flatulence, gonorrhoea, abdominal pain, constipation, bilharzia, premature uterine contractions in pregnant women, appetite stimulant, asthma, and high blood pressure.\u00a0 Beyond its possible pharmacological capabilities, it is also nutritious having tested positive for micronutrients like vitamins A, D, E, and K, zinc, iron, magnesium, and calcium. It&#8217;s not only good for people but animals too. It&#8217;s\u00a0a valuable and nutritious animal food, though it is unpalatable for goats. It also\u00a0increases milk production in Fresian cows and lactating mothers (yes real human beings).\u00a0 In addition to all these apparent health benefits of the root, the leaves have been used as a cooked vegetable, the roots as a culinary spice, and the seeds as an arrow poison. And finally but not least, it has spiritual qualities bestowing luck on people who are about to embark on a difficult endeavour. Is there anything this plant can\u2019t do?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.interscience.wiley.com\/journal\/119882211\/abstract?CRETRY=1&amp;SRETRY=0\">A 2008 study<\/a>, found that <em>Mondia whitei<\/em> increases human sperm motility. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiaandro.com\/archive\/1008-682X\/6\/269.htm\">Other research<\/a> has shown that <em>Mondia whitei<\/em> enhances libido by increasing testerone levels. More recently, it has been shown to have an effect on <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sfu.ca\/africanem\/index.php\/ajtcam\/article\/viewArticle\/1077\">erectile dysfunction similar<\/a> to sildenafil (Viagra) which stimulates the release of nitric oxide which relaxes muscles, increases blood flow, and causes erections.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mondia whitei<\/em> is fast becoming popular and heavily exploited so much so that in 2007, the Malawi government banned exports as it is currently being harvested unsustainably from the wild with demand outstripping supply. There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cababstractsplus.org\/abstracts\/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20036794565\">projects in Kenya <\/a>where <em>Mondia whitei<\/em> is being cultivated to curb depleting wild populations with local farmers earning around\u00a0 $3300 a year from a 0.4ha plot.\u00a0 As the scientific evidence grows on this multifunctional plant \u2013 I envisage little pills of \u201clove and forgiveness\u201d &#8211; cheap and available across the African continent.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Muza Gondwe<\/strong> is a science communicator from Malawi who is keen to engage Africans with science. She is currently on a fellowship at the Centre of African Studies on the Public Understanding of Science in Africa, working on a project titled African Science Heroes.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first came across it on a weekend sojourn to Lilongwe from Blantyre in Malawi. 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