Dupineta brazzae

Dupineta brazzae is a herbaceous species occurring in Tropical Africa, it belongs to the family Melastomataceae.

Description
A shrubby herb that is branched from the base and having branches that are sharply angled. Its leaves are opposite and petiolate, with the petiole up to 5 mm long. The leaflets are ovate in shape, up to 10 to 12 cm long and up to 4 to 7 cm wide, they are acuminate at the tip and rounded to cordate at the base. The purplish flowers are arranged in dense cymes, up to 1 cm long with bracts that are acute; its sepals are towards the middle and usually with hairs around the margins.

Distribution
The range of the species is Tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to Central and Eastern Africa. It is commonly found in gallery forests and open grasslands.

Uses
Leaf extracts of the species are used in traditional medicine to relieve pain and the stem parts are used in decoctions to treat malaria fever.