Common products:
- None documented.

Industrial and craft applications:
- None documented.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- None documented.

Colorants and tanning:
- None documented.

Wood and fiber:
- No uses are reported. Any possible local or traditional utility lacks verifiable documentation.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
- None documented.

Properties relevant to use:
- None documented.

Standards and regulation:
- None documented.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- None documented.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Maerua amphilahensis	Terrac.	Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 114 (1894)
Maerua albomarginata	Gilg & Gilg-Ben.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 259 (1915)
Maerua lanzae	Fiori	Agric. Colon. 5: 49 (1911)
Maerua rogeonii	A.Chev.	Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 4: 584 (1932)
Maerua scebelensis	Chiov.	Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 34: 841 (1927)
Maerua dasyura	Gilg & Gilg-Ben.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 259 (1915)
Maerua dolichobotrys	Gilg & Gilg-Ben.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 258 (1915)
Maerua virgata	Gilg	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 226 (1903)
Niebuhria oblongifolia	DC.	Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
Streblocarpus angustifolia	Endl.	Gen. Pl. : 893 (1839)
Streblocarpus oblongifolia	Endl.	Gen. Pl. : 893 (1839)
Streblocarpus ovalifolia	Endl. ex Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
Streblocarpus scabra	Endl. ex Walp.	Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 197 (1842)
Capparis heteroclita	Roxb.	Fl. Ind. 2: 570 (1824)
Capparis heterogenea	Roxb. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 277 (1840)
Capparis mithridatica	Forssk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 99 (1775)
Capparis oblongifolia	Forssk.	Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 99 (1775)
Crateva oblongifolia	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 2: 448 (1825)
Maerua angustifolia	A.Rich.	Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 29 (1831)
Maerua scabra	Cambess.	Voy. Inde 4: 22 (1841)
Maerua ovalifolia	Cambess.	Voy. Inde 4: 22 (1841)
Niebuhria arenaria	DC.	Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
Maerua oblongifolia var. glabra	(Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair	Rec. Bot. Surv. India 21(1): 19 (1978)
Maerua oblongifolia var. scabra	(Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair	Rec. Bot. Surv. India 21(1): 20 (1978)
Maerua racemosa	Lanza	Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 76 (1909)
Maerua erythreae	Gilg & Gilg-Ben. ex Engl.	Veg. Erde 9(III 1): 253 (1915)
Maerua virgata var. glabra	R.Wilczek	Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 20: 187 (1950)
Maerua oblongifolia var. mithridatica	(Forssk.) Pirotta	Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 266 (1908)
Maerua oblongifolia var. amphilahensis	(A.Terracc.) Pirotta	Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 266 (1908)
Maerua arenaria var. glabra	Hook.f. & Thomson	Fl. Brit. India 1: 171 (1872)
Maerua arenaria var. scabra	Hook.f. & Thomson	Fl. Brit. India 1: 171 (1872)

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Language	Common/alternative name
Malayalam	ഭൂമി ചക്കരക്കിഴങ്ങ്
Tamil	பூமிசர்க்கரைக் கிழங்கு
Telugu	భూచక్ర గడ్డ
Telugu	భూచక్రగడ్డ

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Djibouti
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Ghana
  - Mali
  - Mauritania
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Zaïre

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- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Yemen

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- Indian Subcontinent
  - India

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000375651
Tropicos	5900806
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147742-1
The Plant List	kew-2371017
Open Tree Of Life	5748392
NCBI Taxonomy	2830726
IPNI	147742-1
iNaturalist	505837
GBIF	7273267
Freebase	/m/0gwzy7y
EPPO	MAEOB
EOL	5163378
Wikipedia	Maerua_oblongifolia

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

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Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia

Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

28-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10900619
doi:	10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:	38419092

Polyherbal Combinations Used by Traditional Health Practitioners against Mental Illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa

Moussavi N, Mounkoro PP, Dembele SM, Ballo NN, Togola A, Diallo D, Sanogo R, Wangensteen H, Paulsen BS

Plants (Basel)

04-Feb-2024

PMCID:	PMC10857219
doi:	10.3390/plants13030454
PMID:	38337987

Multifaceted Role of Nanomaterials in Modulating In Vitro Seed Germination, Plant Morphogenesis, Metabolism and Genetic Engineering

Pathak A, Haq S, Meena N, Dwivedi P, Kothari SL, Kachhwaha S

Plants (Basel)

30-Aug-2023

PMCID:	PMC10490111
doi:	10.3390/plants12173126
PMID:	37687372

Plant Species as Potential Forage for Honey Bees in the Al-Baha Mountain Region in Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Al-Ghamdi AA, Al-Sagheer NA

Plants (Basel)

22-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10058344
doi:	10.3390/plants12061402
PMID:	36987090

Alnus nitida and urea-doped Alnus nitida-based silver nanoparticles synthesis, characterization, their effects on the biomass and elicitation of secondary metabolites in wheat seeds under in vitro conditions

Khan S, Khan RS, Zahoor M, Sikandar khan, Islam NU, Khan T, Muhammad Z, Ullah R, Bari A

Heliyon

14-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10036665
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14579
PMID:	36967924

Recent Advances in Using Natural Antibacterial Additives in Bioactive Wound Dressings

Firoozbahr M, Kingshott P, Palombo EA, Zaferanloo B

Pharmaceutics

14-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC10004169
doi:	10.3390/pharmaceutics15020644
PMID:	36839966

Improvement of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni In Vitro Propagation and Steviol Glycoside Content Using Aminoacid Silver Nanofibers

Sichanova M, Geneva M, Petrova M, Miladinova-Georgieva K, Kirova E, Nedev T, Tsekova D, Iwanov I, Dochev K, Ivanova V, Trendafilova A

Plants (Basel)

21-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9572510
doi:	10.3390/plants11192468
PMID:	36235334

Medicinal plants used in traditional treatment of malaria in Ethiopia: a review of ethnomedicine, anti-malarial and toxicity studies

Nigussie G, Wale M

Malar J

10-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9463824
doi:	10.1186/s12936-022-04264-w
PMID:	36088324

Aroma Profile and Biological Effects of Ochradenus arabicus Essential Oils: A Comparative Study of Stem, Flowers, and Leaves

Ullah O, Shah M, Rehman NU, Ullah S, Al-Sabahi JN, Alam T, Khan A, Khan NA, Rafiq N, Bilal S, Al-Harrasi A

Molecules

15-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9414473
doi:	10.3390/molecules27165197
PMID:	36014440

Assessment of the Impacts of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles on Maerua oblongifolia Shoots under In Vitro Salt Stress

Shaikhaldein HO, Al-Qurainy F, Nadeem M, Khan S, Tarroum M, Salih AM, Alansi S, Al-Hashimi A, Alfagham A, Alkahtani J

Materials (Basel)

08-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9315770
doi:	10.3390/ma15144784
PMID:	35888250

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

Indigenous Foods of India: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Nutritive Values, Antinutrient Content and Mineral Bioavailability of Traditional Foods Consumed by Indigenous Communities of India

Kapoor R, Sabharwal M, Ghosh-Jerath S

Front Sustain Food Syst

28-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC7612755
doi:	10.3389/fsufs.2022.696228
PMID:	35607508

Floristic composition of Jandaf Mountain as biodiversity hotspot area in southwestern Saudi Arabia

Al-Namazi AA, Algarni SM, Wan JS, Al Mosallam MS, Alotaibi F

Saudi J Biol Sci

05-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC9280213
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.03.003
PMID:	35844416

Climate change and hydrological regime in arid lands: Impacts of dams on the plant diversity, vegetation structure and soil in Saudi Arabia

Al-Munqedhi BM, El-Sheikh MA, Alfarhan AH, Alkahtani AM, Arif IA, Rajagopal R, Alharthi ST

Saudi J Biol Sci

25-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC9280318
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.01.043
PMID:	35844430

High-Frequency Plant Regeneration, Genetic Uniformity, and Flow Cytometric Analysis of Regenerants in Ruta chalepensis L.

Qahtan AA, Faisal M, Alatar AA, Abdel-Salam EM

Plants (Basel)

20-Dec-2021

PMCID:	PMC8704675
doi:	10.3390/plants10122820
PMID:	34961291

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acid esters / Fatty acid methyl esters
9-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester	8202	Click to see	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Methyl Oleate	5364509	Click to see	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Methyl Palmitate	8181	Click to see	270.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Methyl Stearate	8201	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC	298.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
9-Hexadecenoic acid	4668	Click to see CCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	254.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Oleic Acid	445639	Click to see	282.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Palmitic Acid	985	Click to see	256.42	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Palmitoleic Acid	445638	Click to see CCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	254.41	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Stearic Acid	5281	Click to see	284.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Linoleic Acid	5280450	Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O	280.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Methyl 9,12-octadecadienoate	8203	Click to see	294.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Methyl linoleate	5284421	Click to see	294.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Acyclic diterpenoids
3,7,11,15-Tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol	145386	Click to see	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Rel-(7S,11S,E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-ol	40467768	Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=CCO)C	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(6S,10S)-6,10,14-trimethylpentadecan-2-one	1810797	Click to see	268.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
6,10,14-Trimethylpentadecan-2-one	10408	Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=O)C	268.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
1-(3-Hydroxyprop-1-en-2-yl)-3a,5a,5b,8,8,11a-hexamethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol	14108935	Click to see	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
9-Hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carbaldehyde	317607	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C=O	440.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Betulin	72326	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)CO	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Betulinaldehyde	99615	Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C=O	440.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Hennadiol	489919	Click to see	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Lup-20(29)-ene-3beta,28-diol	221023	Click to see	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(-)-beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylhept-3-en-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	122544	Click to see	412.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Stigmast-5-en-3-ol	22012	Click to see	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see	412.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00771-7

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Maerua oblongifolia

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Details Top

Ethnobotanical Use Top

General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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