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Thilachium africanum

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64405ad75749e706018376
Scientific name Thilachium africanum
Authority Lour.
First published in Fl. Cochinch. : 342 (1790)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ritchiea langii Oberm. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 17: 200 (1937)
Thilachium verrucosum Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 164 (1861)
Thilachium querimbense Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 163 (1861)
Thilachium ovalifolium Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 71 (1808)

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans komkommerbos
Chinese 非洲瓠瓜木

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001290484
Tropicos 5900571
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:148126-1
The Plant List tro-5900571
Open Tree Of Life 684777
NCBI Taxonomy 202648
IUCN Red List 146231355
IPNI 148126-1
iNaturalist 340231
GBIF 3872414
EOL 5163803
Elurikkus 430894
Wikipedia Thilachium_africanum

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Emergent trees in Colophospermum mopane woodland: influence of elephant density on persistence versus attrition O’Connor T, Ferguson A, Clegg BW, Pallett N, Midgley JJ, Shimbani J PeerJ 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10903334
doi:10.7717/peerj.16961
PMID:38426137
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
Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania – a systematic review Mogha NG, Kalokora OJ, Amir HM, Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9553154
doi:10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
PMID:36205572
A Systematic Review of Medicinal Plants of Kenya used in the Management of Bacterial Infections Odongo EA, Mutai PC, Amugune BK, Mungai NN Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 24-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8970882
doi:10.1155/2022/9089360
PMID:35368751
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks Wanzala W Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 17-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5536150
doi:10.1155/2017/8647919
PMID:28798806
Determinants of seasonal changes in availability of food patches for elephants (Loxodonta africana) in a semi-arid African savanna Clegg BW, O’Connor TG PeerJ 20-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5480392
doi:10.7717/peerj.3453
PMID:28649470
Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge Ribeiro A, Romeiras MM, Tavares J, Faria MT J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3016261
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-33
PMID:21129187

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