Background
- Stereospermum is a genus of trees in the Bignoniaceae family, native to India and Africa.
- Stereospermum is used most commonly by traditional healers in Ayurveda and traditional African medicine to treat inflammation and infections. Clinical evidence on Stereospermum is currently lacking in the available literature.
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