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Internal ID UUID643fee855076e125373672
Scientific name Tabernaemontana stapfiana
Authority Britten
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 25 (1894)

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Tabernaemontana stapfiana, also known as soccerball fruit, is a medium-sized tree in the Apocynaceae family. It has white flowers with yellow-throated corolla lobes and produces fleshy grey-green fruits that can reach up to 20 centimetres in diameter and weigh several kilograms. This tree is found in montane evergreen forests at elevations between 700 and 2,000 metres and is native to a region in Africa stretching from Uganda to Mozambique.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sarcopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Boiteau Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1981: 233 (1981)
Tabernaemontana johnstonii (Stapf) Pichon Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 251 (1948)
Conopharyngia bequaertii De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 397 (1922)
Conopharyngia johnstonii Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 147 (1902)
Conopharyngia stapfiana Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 147 (1902)

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Finnish malawinpallio

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000320128
Tropicos 1805787
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82342-1
The Plant List kew-200943
Open Tree Of Life 6068043
NCBI Taxonomy 2984603
IUCN Red List 144307376
IPNI 82342-1
iNaturalist 147439
GBIF 3621804
Freebase /m/0wjx3p2
Wikipedia Tabernaemontana_stapfiana

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Review of Herbal Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Cancers in the East Africa Region from 2019 to 2023 Kudamba A, Kasolo JN, Bbosa GS, Lugaajju A, Wabinga H, Kafeero HM, Ssenku JE, Alemu SO, Walusansa A, Niyonzima N, Muwonge H Integr Cancer Ther 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10916491
doi:10.1177/15347354241235583
PMID:38445504
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya Maiyo ZC, Njeru SN, Toroitich FJ, Indieka SA, Obonyo MA Front Pharmacol 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10834697
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1328903
PMID:38313073
The soil microbiomes of forest ecosystems in Kenya: their diversity and environmental drivers Onyango LA, Ngonga FA, Karanja EN, Kuja JO, Boga HI, Cowan DA, Mwangi KW, Maghenda MW, Marinho Lebre PB, Kambura AK Sci Rep 02-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10154314
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-33993-4
PMID:37130890
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
Habitat preferences, estimated abundance and behavior of tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax sp.) in fragmented montane forests of Taita Hills, Kenya Rosti H, Heiskanen J, Loehr J, Pihlström H, Bearder S, Mwangala L, Maghenda M, Pellikka P, Rikkinen J Sci Rep 15-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9012809
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10235-7
PMID:35428748
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
Deciphering the sensing of α-amyrin acetate with hs-DNA: a multipronged biological probe Pansare AV, Shedge AA, Sonawale MC, Pansare SV, Mahakal AD, Khairkar SR, Chhatre SY, Kulal DK, Patil VR RSC Adv 05-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8978960
doi:10.1039/d1ra07195e
PMID:35425164
Revision of Cerinomyces (Dacrymycetes, Basidiomycota) with notes on morphologically and historically related taxa Savchenko A, Zamora JC, Shirouzu T, Spirin V, Malysheva V, Kõljalg U, Miettinen O Stud Mycol 01-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8645972
doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100117
PMID:34934464
Major Bioactive Alkaloids and Biological Activities of Tabernaemontana Species (Apocynaceae) Naidoo CM, Naidoo Y, Dewir YH, Murthy HN, El-Hendawy S, Al-Suhaibani N Plants (Basel) 05-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7915066
doi:10.3390/plants10020313
PMID:33562893
Diversity of Leptogium (Collemataceae, Ascomycota) in East African Montane Ecosystems Kaasalainen U, Tuovinen V, Kirika PM, Mollel NP, Hemp A, Rikkinen J Microorganisms 03-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7913733
doi:10.3390/microorganisms9020314
PMID:33546461
Bioactive Natural Antivirals: An Updated Review of the Available Plants and Isolated Molecules Mohan S, Elhassan Taha MM, Makeen HA, Alhazmi HA, Al Bratty M, Sultana S, Ahsan W, Najmi A, Khalid A Molecules 22-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC7659943
doi:10.3390/molecules25214878
PMID:33105694
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671
Species richness and phylogenetic diversity of seed plants across vegetation zones of Mount Kenya, East Africa Zhou Y, Chen S, Hu G, Mwachala G, Yan X, Wang Q Ecol Evol 13-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6157669
doi:10.1002/ece3.4428
PMID:30271556
Medicinal Plants Used in the Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Salehi B, Kumar NV, Şener B, Sharifi-Rad M, Kılıç M, Mahady GB, Vlaisavljevic S, Iriti M, Kobarfard F, Setzer WN, Ayatollahi SA, Ata A, Sharifi-Rad J Int J Mol Sci 14-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5983620
doi:10.3390/ijms19051459
PMID:29757986
Medicinal Plants Used by Traditional Healers in Sangurur, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya Kigen G, Kipkore W, Wanjohi B, Haruki B, Kemboi J Pharmacognosy Res 01-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5717785
doi:10.4103/pr.pr_42_17
PMID:29263626

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Ibogan-type alkaloids
Ibogamine-18-carboxylic acid, 13-methoxy-, methyl ester 99199 Click to see CCC1CC2CC3(C1N(C2)CCC4=C3NC5=C4C=CC(=C5)OC)C(=O)OC 368.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232
methyl (1R,15S,17R,18R)-17-ethyl-7-[(1S,12R,14R,15E,18R)-15-ethylidene-18-methoxycarbonyl-17-methyl-10,17-diazatetracyclo[12.3.1.03,11.04,9]octadeca-3(11),4,6,8-tetraen-12-yl]-6-methoxy-3,13-diazapentacyclo[13.3.1.02,10.04,9.013,18]nonadeca-2(10),4,6,8-tetraene-1-carboxylate 162846696 Click to see CCC1CC2CC3(C1N(C2)CCC4=C3NC5=CC(=C(C=C45)C6CC7C(C(CC8=C6NC9=CC=CC=C89)N(CC7=CC)C)C(=O)OC)OC)C(=O)OC 704.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232
methyl (1R,3'S,12R,14S,15R,18S)-12-[(1R,15S,17R,18R)-17-ethyl-6-methoxy-1-methoxycarbonyl-3,13-diazapentacyclo[13.3.1.02,10.04,9.013,18]nonadeca-2(10),4,6,8-tetraen-7-yl]-3',17-dimethylspiro[10,17-diazatetracyclo[12.3.1.03,11.04,9]octadeca-3(11),4,6,8-tetraene-15,2'-oxirane]-18-carboxylate 162899596 Click to see CCC1CC2CC3(C1N(C2)CCC4=C3NC5=CC(=C(C=C45)C6CC7C(C(CC8=C6NC9=CC=CC=C89)N(CC71C(O1)C)C)C(=O)OC)OC)C(=O)OC 720.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Macroline alkaloids
methyl (1S,12R,13R,14S,15E)-15-ethylidene-3,17-diazapentacyclo[12.3.1.02,10.04,9.012,17]octadeca-2(10),4,6,8-tetraene-13-carboxylate 163189580 Click to see CC=C1CN2C3CC1C(C2CC4=C3NC5=CC=CC=C45)C(=O)OC 322.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Vobasan alkaloids
methyl (1S,14R,15E,18R)-15-ethylidene-12-oxo-10,17-diazatetracyclo[12.3.1.03,11.04,9]octadeca-3(11),4,6,8-tetraene-18-carboxylate 6436182 Click to see CC=C1CNC2CC3=C(C(=O)CC1C2C(=O)OC)NC4=CC=CC=C34 338.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Benzoic acids
Penipacid A 139585900 Click to see CC(=NCC(C)(C)O)NC1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)O 250.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/JPS.2600670232

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