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Internal ID UUID644025f3517cc454671524
Scientific name Dracaena steudneri
Authority Engl.
First published in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 143 (1895)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pleomele papahu (Engl.) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914)
Pleomele steudneri (Engl.) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914)
Dracaena papahu Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 143 (1895)

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Language Common/alternative name
English bush nightfighter
Amharic እጸ ጳጦስ
Ganda ekajolyanjovu
Kinyarwanda igihondohondo

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

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000765951
USDA Plants DRST8
Tropicos 18405948
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:534379-1
The Plant List kew-304833
PaleoBotany 93646
Open Tree Of Life 3995705
NCBI Taxonomy 1899178
IUCN Red List 146187813
IPNI 534379-1
iNaturalist 341157
GBIF 5304645
EOL 1087691
USDA GRIN 14647
Wikipedia Dracaena_steudneri

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A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10812860
doi:10.1080/13880209.2024.2305453
PMID:38270178
Above-ground carbon stocks and its functional relationship with tree species diversity: the case of Kakamega and North Nandi Forests, Kenya Obonyo OA, Agevi H, Tsingalia MH Sci Rep 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10684878
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47871-6
PMID:38017012
Phytochemical Content and Antidiabetic Properties of Most Commonly Used Antidiabetic Medicinal Plants of Kenya Muema FW, Nanjala C, Oulo MA, Wangchuk P Molecules 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609527
doi:10.3390/molecules28207202
PMID:37894680
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia Dagne Y, Birhanu L BMC Ecol Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10463663
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:37635212
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
Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Activity Evaluation of Selected Medicinal Plants in Ethiopia Dubale S, Kebebe D, Zeynudin A, Abdissa N, Suleman S J Exp Pharmacol 08-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9922502
doi:10.2147/JEP.S379805
PMID:36789235
Diversity of woody species in traditional agroforestry practices in Wondo district, south-central Ethiopia Molla T, Asfaw Z, Muluneh MG, Worku BB Heliyon 07-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9941991
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13549
PMID:36825171
Woody species diversity and carbon stock of church forests along age gradient in Dangila district, Awi-zone, Ethiopia Sewagegn GB, Abate DF, Yohannis Gebremariam Girma Heliyon 05-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9463591
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10491
PMID:36097492
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
Ethnobotany of traditional medicinal plants and associated indigenous knowledge in Dawuro Zone of Southwestern Ethiopia Agize M, Asfaw Z, Nemomissa S, Gebre T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 21-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9210772
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00546-4
PMID:35729583
Composition of homegarden plants and cultural use in an indigenous community in Northwest Ethiopia Yinebeb M, Lulekal E, Bekele T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 20-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9210745
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00545-5
PMID:35725611
A New Chalcone and Antimicrobial Chemical Constituents of Dracaena stedneuri Mouzié CM, Guefack MG, Kianfé BY, Serondo HU, Ponou BK, Siwe-Noundou X, Teponno RB, Krause RW, Kuete V, Tapondjou LA Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 07-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9228254
doi:10.3390/ph15060725
PMID:35745644
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812

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