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Internal ID UUID64405ada609f5108442270
Scientific name Maerua triphylla
Authority A.Rich.
First published in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32 (1847)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Maerua dupontii Hemsl. J. Bot. 54(Suppl. 2): 2 (1916)
Maerua jasminifolia Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 245 (1915)
Maerua variifolia Gilg & Bencdict Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 247 (1915)
Maerua trichocarpa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 256 (1915)
Maerua trachycarpa Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 224 (1903)
Crateva avicularis Burch. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 244 (1824)
Crateva cafra Burch. ex DC. Prodr. 1: 243 (1824)

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Maerua triphylla var. calophylla (Gilg) DeWolf Kew Bull. 16: 82. 1962 (1962)
Maerua triphylla var. pubescens (Klotzsch) DeWolf Kew Bull. 16: 82. 1962 (1962)
Maerua triphylla var. johannis (Volkens & Gilg) DeWolf Kew Bull. 16: 82 (1962)
Maerua triphylla var. triphylla Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001290558
Tropicos 5900815
INPN 969089
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147796-1
The Plant List tro-5900815
Open Tree Of Life 5748391
NCBI Taxonomy 1670865
IUCN Red List 144039358
IPNI 147796-1
GBIF 3873290
EOL 5163428

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Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Omara T, Odongo S, Ssebugere P, Lugasi SO, Gumula I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10439835
doi:10.1155/2023/6878852
PMID:37600549
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
Acute Toxicity, Phytochemical Screening, Analgesic, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Aqueous and Methanol Root Extracts of Maerua triphylla A. Rich. (Capparaceae) Wangusi BM, Kanja LW, Ole-Mapenay IM, Onyancha JM Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 15-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8608490
doi:10.1155/2021/3121785
PMID:34819980
Soil and plant phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania) Mercader J, Clarke S, Bundala M, Favreau J, Inwood J, Itambu M, Larter F, Lee P, Lewiski-McQuaid G, Mollel N, Mwambwiga A, Patalano R, Soto M, Tucker L, Walde D PeerJ 11-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6911344
doi:10.7717/peerj.8211
PMID:31844589
Screening of Plants Used as Traditional Anticancer Remedies in Mkuranga and Same Districts, Tanzania, Using Brine Shrimp Toxicity Bioassay Matata DZ, Ngassapa OD, Machumi F, Moshi MJ Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 14-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6261239
doi:10.1155/2018/3034612
PMID:30538758
Health seeking behavior and use of medicinal plants among the Hamer ethnic group, South Omo zone, southwestern Ethiopia Paulos B, Fenta TG, Bisrat D, Asres K J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Oct-2016
PMCID:PMC5052888
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0107-x
PMID:27716305
Ethnomedicinal plants used to treat human ailments in the prehistoric place of Harla and Dengego valleys, eastern Ethiopia Belayneh A, Bussa NF J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3933041
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-18
PMID:24499509

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