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Bowiea volubilis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID644025625f80e894550702
Scientific name Bowiea volubilis
Authority Harv.
First published in Bot. Mag. 93: t. 5619 1867

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Ophiobostryx volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) Skeels Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 223: 45 (1911)
Schizobasopsis volubilis (Harv. ex Hook.f.) J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 3 (1918)

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Language Common/alternative name
English climbing onion
Spanish ophiobostryx
Spanish schizobasopsis
German kletterkartoffel
German kletterzwiebel
German zulukartoffel
Finnish mukelo
Japanese オゴカズラ
Japanese ソウカクデン
Japanese タマツルグサ
Japanese タマツルソウ
Japanese 蒼角殿
Japanese タマツルクサ
Dutch vitrageplant
Chinese 大苍角殿
Chinese 苍角殿

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Bowiea volubilis subsp. gariepensis (van Jaarsv.) Bruyns Caryologia 40: 291 (1987 publ. 1988)
Bowiea volubilis subsp. volubilis Unknown

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000762018
Tropicos 18402097
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:531999-1
The Plant List kew-300998
Open Tree Of Life 47209
NCBI Taxonomy 44987
IPNI 531999-1
iNaturalist 428536
GBIF 2768051
EPPO BWAVO
EOL 1086371
USDA GRIN 7543

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Bowiea volubilis: From “Climbing Onion” to Therapeutic Treasure—Exploring Human Health Applications Gwanya H, Cawe S, Egbichi I, Gxaba N, Mbuyiswa AA, Zonyane S, Mbolekwa B, Manganyi MC Life (Basel) 19-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10608581
doi:10.3390/life13102081
PMID:37895462
Potential pharmacokinetic interactions with concurrent use of herbal medicines and a ritonavir-boosted COVID-19 protease inhibitor in low and middle-income countries Smith DJ, Bi H, Hamman J, Ma X, Mitchell C, Nyirenda K, Monera-Penduka T, Oketch-Rabah H, Paine MF, Pettit S, Pheiffer W, Van Breemen RB, Embry M Front Pharmacol 12-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10368978
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1210579
PMID:37502215
An Inventory of South African Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexually Transmitted and Related Opportunistic Infections: An Appraisal and Some Scientific Evidence (1990–2020) Mongalo NI, Raletsena MV Plants (Basel) 25-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9738887
doi:10.3390/plants11233241
PMID:36501281
Antidepressant Effects of South African Plants: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Surveys, Ethnopharmacological and Phytochemical Studies Bonokwane MB, Lekhooa M, Struwig M, Aremu AO Front Pharmacol 29-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9277359
doi:10.3389/fphar.2022.895286
PMID:35846999
Carbon dioxide expanded liquid: an effective solvent for the extraction of quercetin from South African medicinal plants Pilařová V, Kuda L, Vlčková HK, Nováková L, Gupta S, Kulkarni M, Švec F, Van Staden J, Doležal K Plant Methods 23-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9219150
doi:10.1186/s13007-022-00919-6
PMID:35739596
Traditional uses of wild and tended plants in maintaining ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8925170
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00512-0
PMID:35292046
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
A review study on the anti-trichomonas activities of medicinal plants Hashemi N, Ommi D, Kheyri P, Khamesipour F, Setzer WN, Benchimol M Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 12-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7902805
doi:10.1016/j.ijpddr.2021.01.002
PMID:33610966
Comparative Phytochemical Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Wild and Cultivated Alepidea amatymbica Eckl & Zeyh Mangoale RM, Afolayan AJ Biomed Res Int 13-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7174954
doi:10.1155/2020/5808624
PMID:32352000
Exploring African Medicinal Plants for Potential Anti-Diabetic Compounds with the DIA-DB Inverse Virtual Screening Web Server Pereira AS, den Haan H, Peña-García J, Moreno MM, Pérez-Sánchez H, Apostolides Z Molecules 24-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6571761
doi:10.3390/molecules24102002
PMID:31137754
Are plants used in the Eastern Cape province for cosmetics fully commercialized? Sagbo IJ, Mbeng WO Indian J Pharmacol 01-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6644182
doi:10.4103/ijp.IJP_262_18
PMID:31391681
Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa Rasethe MT, Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6500648
doi:10.1155/2019/2609532
PMID:31118951
Assessing the difference of tolerance and phytoremediation potential in mercury contaminated soil of a non-food energy crop, Helianthus tuberosus L. (Jerusalem artichoke) Lv S, Yang B, Kou Y, Zeng J, Wang R, Xiao Y, Li F, Lu Y, Mu Y, Zhao C PeerJ 01-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5797682
doi:10.7717/peerj.4325
PMID:29404218
The velamen radicum is common among terrestrial monocotyledons Zotz G, Schickenberg N, Albach D Ann Bot 07-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5714198
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx097
PMID:28961783
Diversity of use and local knowledge of wild and cultivated plants in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa Maroyi A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 08-Aug-2017
PMCID:PMC5549312
doi:10.1186/s13002-017-0173-8
PMID:28789692

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid lactones / Bufanolides and derivatives
(3S,5S,8R,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-14-hydroxy-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyl-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-13-methyl-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 162940419 Click to see 722.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19570901038
(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,16S,17R)-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-5,14,16-trihydroxy-13-methyl-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 162928604 Click to see 592.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19580911139
(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-5,14-dihydroxy-13-methyl-16-oxo-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 163060589 Click to see 590.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19580911139
3-(3,5-Dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxy-14-hydroxy-13-methyl-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 3738594 Click to see 560.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19500330603
https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19570901038
3-(3,5-Dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxy-5,14-dihydroxy-13-methyl-16-oxo-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,17-dodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 12302000 Click to see 590.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19580911139
3,14-Dihydroxy-13-methyl-17-(6-oxopyran-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-10-carbaldehyde 12301997 Click to see 400.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19540370208
3,14-Dihydroxy-19-oxobufa-4,20,22-trienolide 281990 Click to see 398.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19570400333
https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19550380633
Bovocryptoside 120755 Click to see 592.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19580911139
Bovogenin A 12301998 Click to see 400.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19540370208
Bovoside 124928653 Click to see 560.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19500330603
https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19570901038
Glucobovosid A 24838352 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CCC3(C(C2)CCC4C3CCC5(C4(CCC5C6=COC(=O)C=C6)O)C)C=O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)OC)O 722.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/CBER.19570901038
Scilliglaucosidin 12315400 Click to see 398.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19570400333
https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.19550380633

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