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Maytenus procumbens

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Internal ID UUID64405b343f017594408712
Scientific name Maytenus procumbens
Authority (L.f.) Loes.
First published in Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 20b: 140 (1942)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cassine articulata E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 457 (1860)
Celastrus ilicinus Krauss ex Sond. Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 1: 457. 1860 [10-31 May 1860]
Celastrus procumbens L.f. Suppl. Pl. : 153 (1782)
Gymnosporia procumbens Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 169 (1906)

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Language Common/alternative name
English dune kokotree
Afrikaans duinekokoboom

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001292623
Tropicos 6600439
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162032-1
The Plant List tro-6600439
Open Tree Of Life 418529
Observations.org 431188
NCBI Taxonomy 490008
IUCN Red List 146458560
IPNI 162032-1
iNaturalist 527443
GBIF 3790860
Freebase /m/013b354q
EOL 6940444
Wikipedia Maytenus_procumbens

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The vegetation of Holocene coastal dunes of the Cape south coast, South Africa Cowling RM, Cawthra H, Privett S, Grobler BA PeerJ 12-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10722985
doi:10.7717/peerj.16427
PMID:38107568
Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure Strydom T, Kraaij T, Grobler BA, Cowling RM PeerJ 08-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9651048
doi:10.7717/peerj.14310
PMID:36389405
The composition, geography, biology and assembly of the coastal flora of the Cape Floristic Region Grobler BA, Cowling RM PeerJ 11-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8364326
doi:10.7717/peerj.11916
PMID:34447627
Immunomodulatory and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Asiatic Acid in a DNCB-Induced Atopic Dermatitis Animal Model Moon GH, Lee Y, Kim EK, Chung KH, Lee KJ, An JH Nutrients 17-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8308735
doi:10.3390/nu13072448
PMID:34371956
Maytenus disticha Extract and an Isolated β-Dihydroagarofuran Induce Mitochondrial Depolarization and Apoptosis in Human Cancer Cells by Increasing Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species González-Chavarría I, Duprat F, Roa FJ, Jara N, Toledo JR, Miranda F, Becerra J, Inostroza A, Kelling A, Schilde U, Heydenreich M, Paz C Biomolecules 29-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7175306
doi:10.3390/biom10030377
PMID:32121436
Anticancer effect of the traditional Chinese medicine herb Maytenus compound via the EGFR/PI3K/AKT/GSK3β pathway Zeng B, Ge C, Zhao W, Fu K, Liu L, Lin Z, Fu Q, Li Z, Li R, Guo H, Li C, Zhao L, Hu H, Yang H, Huang W, Huang Y, Song X Transl Cancer Res 01-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC8798896
doi:10.21037/tcr.2019.09.30
PMID:35116963
Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons Cowling RM, Logie C, Brady J, Middleton M, Grobler BA PeerJ 31-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6679649
doi:10.7717/peerj.7336
PMID:31396438
Pharmacological Properties, Molecular Mechanisms, and Pharmaceutical Development of Asiatic Acid: A Pentacyclic Triterpenoid of Therapeutic Promise Nagoor Meeran MF, Goyal SN, Suchal K, Sharma C, Patil CR, Ojha SK Front Pharmacol 04-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6131672
doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00892
PMID:30233358
Testicular Dysfunction Ameliorative Effect of the Methanolic Roots Extracts of Maytenus procumbens and Ozoroa paniculosa Cele ND, Sangweni NF, Mosa RA, Penduka D, Lazarus GG, Singh M, Zharare GE, Opoku AR Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Nov-2017
PMCID:PMC5734007
doi:10.1155/2017/8204816
PMID:29348775
Evaluation of pharmacological activities, cytotoxicity and phenolic composition of four Maytenus species used in southern African traditional medicine to treat intestinal infections and diarrhoeal diseases Ahmed AS, McGaw LJ, Eloff JN BMC Complement Altern Med 11-May-2013
PMCID:PMC3726504
doi:10.1186/1472-6882-13-100
PMID:23663902

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