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Internal ID UUID643fd647c1935223242035
Scientific name Piptadeniastrum africanum
Authority (Hook.f.) Brenan
First published in Kew Bull.10: 179 (1955)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Piptadenia africana Hook.f. W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 320 (1849)

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Language Common/alternative name
French dabéma
Hausa corawa kurmi
ln bosenga
Chinese 非洲绿心檀

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000168772
Tropicos 13057223
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:514467-1
The Plant List ild-151
Open Tree Of Life 213982
NCBI Taxonomy 148720
IUCN Red List 62027343
IPNI 514467-1
GBIF 2945196
EOL 415229
USDA GRIN 100218
Wikipedia Piptadeniastrum_africanum

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Ethnobotanical study and vulnerability of medicinal plants used against the symptoms of COVID-19 in the Lomié subdivision, East Region of Cameroon Ngamsou Abdel K, Mala WA, Chimi PM, Funwi FP, Engoulou C, Messi Effa JA, Kouoguem Kamdem ME, Nzoyeuem Djonko F, Landry Fokoua U, Brice Adounga S, Marguerite Mbolo M Heliyon 21-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10999872
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28247
PMID:38590891
Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells Olaleye OO, Kim DH, Spriggs KA BMC Complement Med Ther 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10916328
doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04365-w
PMID:38448883
Traditional knowledge of plants used in hunting and fishing practices among Baka hunter-gatherers of eastern Cameroon Fongnzossie EF, Ngansop MT, Oishi T, Biwole AB, Biye EH, Ichikawa M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9808952
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00571-3
PMID:36597154
Selective and clear-cut logging have varied imprints on tree community structure in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana Addo-Fordjour P, Afram IS, Oppong J Heliyon 04-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9649955
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11393
PMID:36387494
Floristic composition and turnover analysis in Dahomey Gap and the surrounding sub‐humid Togolese mountain minor forest refuges: Importance for biogeography and biodiversity conservation in sub‐Saharan Africa Adjossou K, Kokou K, Deconchat M Ecol Evol 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9532220
doi:10.1002/ece3.9304
PMID:36225837
Human Consumption of Insects in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lepidoptera and Potential Species for Breeding Numbi Muya GM, Mutiaka BK, Bindelle J, Francis F, Caparros Megido R Insects 29-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9604451
doi:10.3390/insects13100886
PMID:36292834
Improved wood species identification based on multi-view imagery of the three anatomical planes Rosa da Silva N, Deklerck V, Baetens JM, Van den Bulcke J, De Ridder M, Rousseau M, Bruno OM, Beeckman H, Van Acker J, De Baets B, Verwaeren J Plant Methods 11-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9188236
doi:10.1186/s13007-022-00910-1
PMID:35690828
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
Ethnopharmacological Study of the Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Sickle Cell Anemia in the West Region of Cameroon Yembeau NL, Biapa Nya PC, Pieme CA, Tchouane KD, Kengne Fotsing CB, Nya Nkwikeu PJ, Feudjio AF, Telefo PB Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 26-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9064533
doi:10.1155/2022/5098428
PMID:35518347
Phylogenetic Reassessment, Taxonomy, and Biogeography of Codinaea and Similar Fungi Réblová M, Kolařík M, Nekvindová J, Réblová K, Sklenář F, Miller AN, Hernández-Restrepo M J Fungi (Basel) 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8704094
doi:10.3390/jof7121097
PMID:34947079
Spatial patterns of light‐demanding tree species in the Yangambi rainforest (Democratic Republic of Congo) Luambua NK, Hubau W, Salako KV, Amani C, Bonyoma B, Musepena D, Rousseau M, Bourland N, Nshimba HS, Ewango C, Beeckman H, Hardy OJ Ecol Evol 20-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8717288
doi:10.1002/ece3.8443
PMID:35003702
Antiplasmodial, antimalarial activities and toxicity of African medicinal plants: a systematic review of literature Tajbakhsh E, Kwenti TE, Kheyri P, Nezaratizade S, Lindsay DS, Khamesipour F Malar J 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8390284
doi:10.1186/s12936-021-03866-0
PMID:34433465
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira and Mpanga Central Forest Reserves, Uganda Asiimwe S, Namukobe J, Byamukama R, Imalingat B Trop Med Health 29-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8243914
doi:10.1186/s41182-021-00341-z
PMID:34187581
Structure, composition and diversity of restored forest ecosystems on mine-spoils in South-Western Ghana Nero BF PLoS One 14-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8202926
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252371
PMID:34125836
Topical Collection “Pharmacology of Medicinal Plants” Romano B, Lucariello G, Capasso R Biomolecules 14-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7828774
doi:10.3390/biom11010101
PMID:33466709

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