Since ancient times, people in West Africa have used Griffonia seeds as a treatment for diseases, leaves and their juice can be used to treat wounds and kidney disease, can also be used as enema and aphrodisiac, mashed bark can be made into an ointment to treat chancroid and so on.
Kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, abantu baseNtshonalanga Afrika basebenzise imbewu yeGriffonia njengendlela yokwelapha izifo, amaqabunga kanye nejusi labo kungasetjenziswa ekwelapheni amanxeba nesifo sezinso, kungabuye kusetshenziswe njenge-enema ne-aphrodisiac, amagxolo agxunyekwe angenziwa umuthi wokugcoba phatha i-chancroid nokunye.