The plant has many medicinal uses both where it is native and introduced. The plant is widely distributed in Nigeria and other West African countries and is reputedly used for epilepsy and convulsion control against kidney disease urethritis and as antidote against animal poisons 103. The wood is known to be very soft and brittle. Campanulata is a plant mostly found in the tropics and used for the traditional treatment of infec-tious and metabolic disorders. Extracts of the bark leaves and flowers are used to treat malaria HIV diabetes mellitus oedema dysentery constipation gastrointestinal disorders ulcers skin diseases wounds fever urethral inflammation liver complaints and as a poison antidote.
Bark is commonly used as a dressing for ulcers and skin diseases applied dried pulverized or as fresh inner bark. In its original habitat the soft light brownish-white wood is used for carving and making drums. The leaves of Spathodea contain iridoids flavonoids and phenylpropanoids. Leaves reported to have anti-malarial action. It is suitable for rough carpentry crates and shuttering.
