G?rcini? k?l? (bitt?r k?l?), ?ls? kn?wn ?s ?fric?n w?nd?r nut, b?l?ngs t? th? f?mily guttif?r?? ?nd gr?ws in c??st?l r?inf?r?sts in th? S?uth-W?st?rn ?nd S?uth-??st?rn p?rts ?f Nig?ri?. Tr?diti?n?lly, th? nuts ?f bitt?r k?l? ?r? ch?w?d ?s m?stic?t?ry subst?nc? t? stimul?t? th? fl?w ?f s?liv?. Th? k?rn?ls ?f th? nuts ?r? wid?ly tr?d?d ?nd ??t?n ?s ? stimul?nt. Bitt?r k?l? is ?ls? highly v?lu?d b?c?us? ?f its m?dicin?l b?n?fits. Th? nuts ?r? ch?w?d f?r ?phr?disi?c ?ff?cts ?r us?d t? cur? c?ugh-dys?nt?ry ?r ch?st c?ld in h?rb?l m?dicin?.In this pr?s?nt d?y, n?w initi?tiv?s in ph?rm?c?utic?l ?nd ?ls? liv?st?ck industri?s ?r? s??king t? pr?m?t? th? us? ?f ?lt?rn?tiv? m?t?ri?ls th?t c?mbin? th? ?ff?cts ?f nutriti?n?l ?nd m?dicin?l pr?p?rti?s, simult?n??usly. This is ?xp?ct?d ?m?ng ?th?rs b?n?fits t? r?duc? th? high c?st ?f pr?ducti?n in th? liv?st?ck industry ?s ? r?sult ?f th? r?ducti?n in du?l c?sts ?f f??d ?nd drugs. Furth?r r?s??rch w?s m?d? int? indig?n?us fruits tr??s ?r pl?nts th?t p?ss?ss?s b?th nutriti?n?l ?nd m?dicin?l pr?p?rti?s. Bitt?r k?l? b??n ? pl?nt th?t p?ss?ss?s b?th m?dicin?l ?nd nutritiv? v?lu? ?nd ?v?ry m?r? w?s ?m?rg?d, ?nd furth?r inv?stig?ti?ns b?s?d ?n its curr?nt inf?rm?ti?n in r?l?ti?n t? its nutriti?n?l ?nd m?dicin?l pr?p?rti?s h?s b??n ?ggr?g?t?d.This s??ks t? ?ggr?g?t? curr?nt inf?rm?ti?n ?n th? ch?r?ct?ristics ?f bitt?r k?l? b?s?d ?n its hist?ry ?nd ?rigin ?s ?n indig?n?us m?dicin?l pl?nt in th? r?in f?r?st ?f c?ntr?l ?nd w?st?rn ?fric?n. Its b?t?nic?l ?nd ?gr?n?mic?l ch?r?ct?ristics ?r? ?ls? discuss?d furth?r; th? bitt?r k?l? tr?? pr?duc?s r?ddish y?ll?wish ?r ?r?ng? c?l?ur?d fruit with ??ch fruit c?nt?ining tw? ?r f?ur y?ll?w s??ds ?nd ? s?ur t?sting pulp. During cultiv?ti?n ?f bitt?r k?l?, it is ?ith?r cultiv?t?d by s??ds ?r by cutting, by th? pr?p?r?ti?n ?f ? suit?bl? s??d b?d f?r pl?nting ?nd g?rmin?ti?n ?r by cutting fr?m v?ry t?nd?r br?nch?s ?nd st?ms with y?ung h??lthy l??v?s.Th? nutri?nt ?nd ch?mic?l c?mp?siti?n ?f bitt?r k?l? ?s r?p?rt?d w?r? ?ls? illustr?t?d b?s?d ?n th?ir v?ri?us c?nstitu?nts. Th? m?istur? c?nt?nt, pr?t?in, fib?r, ?sh ?nd nitr?g?n fr?? ?xtr?cts h?v? v?ri?us ?m?unt ?f p?rc?nt?g? dry m?tt?r ?nd th?y ?r? 14.60% 0.58%, 0.10%, 5.00%, 91.32% ?nd 57.54% r?sp?ctiv?ly ?nd th? vit?mins ?s w?ll ?s min?r?l c?mp?siti?n ?ls? h?v? v?ri?us dry w?ight b?sis. Th? phyt?ch?mic?ls c?nstitu?nts ?f bitt?r k?l? ?s d?scrib?d ?r? ph?n?ls (0.11 mg/100g), ?lk?l?ids (0.36mg/100g), t?nnins (0.26mg/100g) ?nd fl?v?n?ids (1.98mg/100g).Bitt?r k?l? b?sic?lly p?rf?rms v?ri?us ?th?r functi?ns lik? m?dicin?l us?s ?.g h?lps in w?ight l?ss, tr??ts ?rthritics, ?nti-p?is?n, di?b?t?s, m?l?ri? ?tc.