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Internal ID UUID644025e959dba779798503
Scientific name Dracaena afromontana
Authority Mildbr.
First published in Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 62 (1910)

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Language Common/alternative name
Kinyarwanda umuhati

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000765656
Tropicos 18405989
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534095-1
The Plant List kew-304556
Open Tree Of Life 3995729
NCBI Taxonomy 1280189
IUCN Red List 44392757
IPNI 534095-1
iNaturalist 132591
GBIF 5304694
EOL 1087595
Wikipedia Dracaena_afromontana

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Plant species diversity, plant use, and classification of agroforestry homegardens in southern and southwestern Ethiopia Kassa G, Bekele T, Demissew S, Abebe T Heliyon 25-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10241864
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16341
PMID:37287606
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Land use/land cover dynamics driven changes in woody species diversity and ecosystem services value in tropical rainforest frontier: A 20-year history Berhanu Y, Dalle G, Sintayehu DW, Kelboro G, Nigussie A Heliyon 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9971171
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13711
PMID:36865457
Plant diversity and community analysis of Sele-Nono forest, Southwest Ethiopia: implication for conservation planning Kefalew A, Soromessa T, Demissew S Bot Stud 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9294133
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00353-w
PMID:35851664
Functional and phylogenetic diversity of an agricultural matrix avifauna: The role of habitat heterogeneity in Afrotropical farmland Rurangwa ML, Niyigaba P, Tobias JA, Whittaker RJ Ecol Evol 06-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9259849
doi:10.1002/ece3.9024
PMID:35822114
Woody Species Composition, Plant Communities, and Environmental Determinants in Gennemar Dry Afromontane Forest, Southern Ethiopia Ahmed S, Lemessa D, Seyum A Scientifica (Cairo) 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9242778
doi:10.1155/2022/7970435
PMID:35784587
Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia Dibaba A, Soromessa T, Warkineh B BMC Ecol Evol 07-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8819878
doi:10.1186/s12862-022-01964-4
PMID:35130842
Woody species composition and community types of Hangadi Watershed, Guji Zone, Ethiopia Tamiru B, Soromessa T, Warkineh B, Legesse G, Belina M BMC Ecol Evol 28-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8715571
doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01949-9
PMID:34963465
Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, and Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants Used for Treating Human Diarrheal Cases in Rwanda: A Review Gahamanyi N, Munyaneza E, Dukuzimana E, Tuyiringire N, Pan CH, Komba EV Antibiotics (Basel) 09-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8532704
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10101231
PMID:34680811
Structures and Bioactivities of Steroidal Saponins Isolated from the Genera Dracaena and Sansevieria Thu ZM, Oo SM, Nwe TM, Aung HT, Armijos C, Hussain FH, Vidari G Molecules 29-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8037284
doi:10.3390/molecules26071916
PMID:33805482
Current and future potential distributions of three Dracaena Vand. ex L. species under two contrasting climate change scenarios in Africa Bogawski P, Damen T, Nowak MM, Pędziwiatr K, Wilkin P, Mwachala G, Pierzchalska J, Wiland‐Szymańska J Ecol Evol 11-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6662280
doi:10.1002/ece3.5251
PMID:31380019
Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Lulekal E, Asfaw Z, Kelbessa E, Van Damme P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 11-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3924401
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-21
PMID:24517385
Plant use in Odo-Bulu and Demaro, Bale region, Ethiopia Bussmann RW, Swartzinsky P, Worede A, Evangelista P J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Sep-2011
PMCID:PMC3196683
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-7-28
PMID:21943288
Afromontoside. A new cytotoxic principle from Dracaena afromontana K. Sambi Reddy, Mohammed S. Shekhani, David E. Berry, David G. Lynn, Sidney M. Hecht Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 26-Apr-2004
doi:10.1039/P19840000987

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12R,13R,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-ol 124485504 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)O)C)C)C)OC1 414.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987
Diosgenin 99474 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)O)C)C)C)OC1 414.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987
Spirost-5-en-3-ol 234096 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)O)C)C)C)OC1 414.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroidal glycosides / Steroidal saponins
(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-[(2R)-4-[(1S,2R,4R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12R,13R,16S)-16-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-6-yl]-2-methylbutoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 163027912 Click to see CC1C2C(CC3C2(CCC4C3CC=C5C4(CCC(C5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)OC1(CCC(C)COC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O 887.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987
2-[4-[16-[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxy-7,9,13-trimethyl-5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-en-6-yl]-2-methylbutoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol 163027911 Click to see CC1C2C(CC3C2(CCC4C3CC=C5C4(CCC(C5)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)OC1(CCC(C)COC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O 887.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987
Afromontoside 434248 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC(C)CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CCC(C6)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)C)O)O)O)O)O)C)C)(C)C)O)O)O)O 901.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000987

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