Finally, Ethnobotanical reports show that C. africana seeds can be used as treatment of ulcer.

To
experimentally test this claim, Yismaw et al. (2020) conducted an in vivo pylorus ligation method on
mice. In their study, it was proven that Cordia africana “has strong antisecretory and ulcer protective
activities against ulcers produced by pylorus ligation,” which accounts for the possible antiulcerogenic
activity of the plant, similar to what has been traditionally known.

Alright so to sum up, most of our knowledge today is a product of long-held beliefs and traditions from
different schools of thought in the past. All the studies mentioned about the medicinal use of C. africana
is proof to this as most experimentations were mostly confirmations of what has been known in the
past. And so to crystalize the essence of my presentation, I have come up with this personal realization
and that is: Traditional and scientific knowledge have no dichotomy. In fact, both are simply two different
languages that tell the same story. We cannot say that one is superior to the other. Instead, both should
be treated as complementary partners.