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Acokanthera schimperi

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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 UUID643ff1401ecf4695402152
Scientific name Acokanthera schimperi
Authority (A.DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Schweinf.
First published in Bol. Soc. Afr. Ital. 10(11-12): 11 (1891)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Arduina schimperi Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 168 (1888)
Acokanthera abyssinica K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 315. 1895 (1895)
Acokanthera deflersii Schweinf. ex L.Lewin Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 44 (1893)
Acokanthera friesiorum Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 466 (1923)
Acokanthera ouabaio Cathel. ex L.Lewin Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 44 (1893)
Acokanthera scabra Schweinf. ex Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 464 (1923)
Acokanthera schimperi var. ouabaio (Cathelineau ex Lewin) Cufod. Enum. Pl. Afr. Nachtr. 2: 30 1969
Carissa deflersii (Schweinf. ex Markgr.) Pichon Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24: 132 (1948)
Carissa friesiorum (Markgr.) Cufod. Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): p. xxx, basionymo cit. 1969
Carissa inepta Perrot & Vogt Trav. Lab. Matière Méd. École Supér. Pharm. Paris 9: 114 (1913)
Carissa schimperi A.DC. Prodr. 8: 675 (1844)
Acokanthera schimperi Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(2): 696. 1876 [May 1876]

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic ثبيرة شمبري
Russian Акокантера абиссинская
Kinyarwanda umushewe
Kinyarwanda umusagwe
Chinese 箭毒树
Chinese 箭毒樹

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000336741
Tropicos 1805759
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447729-2
The Plant List kew-2171
Open Tree Of Life 6067815
NCBI Taxonomy 1220069
IUCN Red List 141549302
IPNI 60447729-2
GBIF 3619465
Freebase /m/02vl0y2
EOL 6851821
USDA GRIN 411730
Wikipedia Acokanthera_schimperi

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
doi:10.1155/2024/3961434
PMID:38605976
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 traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900619
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:38419092
Poisonous Plants Seem to Affect Livestock in the Borana, Southern Ethiopia: An Ethnic-Toxicological Approach Kumbe A, Bekele BH, Onate AB, Hussien B, Teshome D, Kelil S Vet Med (Auckl) 13-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10874120
doi:10.2147/VMRR.S437231
PMID:38371488
An Ethnobotanical Survey of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by Communities to Treat Various Diseases around Ensaro District, North Shewa Zone of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Teshome M, Kebede F, Yohannes T Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10632060
doi:10.1155/2023/5575405
PMID:37946795
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used against Human Diseases in Zuway Dugda District, Ethiopia Megersa M, Nedi T, Belachew S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 18-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10599937
doi:10.1155/2023/5545294
PMID:37886427
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia Dagne Y, Birhanu L BMC Ecol Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10463663
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:37635212
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
Ethnobotanical study of underutilized wild edible plants and threats to their long-term existence in Midakegn District, West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia Guzo S, Lulekal E, Nemomissa S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 14-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10347739
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00601-8
PMID:37452368
Ethnobotany of wild edible plants in Soro District of Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 02-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10236777
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00588-2
PMID:37269005
Floristic Composition, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Wonjeta St Micheal Church Forest, Northwestern Ethiopia Mekonnen AB, Wassie WA Scientifica (Cairo) 20-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10139804
doi:10.1155/2023/4061029
PMID:37122811
Species Diversity, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Saleda Yohans Church Forest, South Wollo, Ethiopia Mekonnen AB, Mohammed AS, Demissew A Scientifica (Cairo) 17-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10125748
doi:10.1155/2023/3853463
PMID:37101718
An ethnomedicinal study in tulo district, west hararghe zone, oromia region, Ethiopia Bogale M, Sasikumar JM, Egigu MC Heliyon 07-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10106503
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15361
PMID:37077674
Medicinal Plants Used for the Management of Hepatitis Over the Past 15 Years in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review Aschale Y, Tegegne BA, Yihunie W Hepat Med 09-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10010132
doi:10.2147/HMER.S402975
PMID:36923368
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

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid lactones / Cardenolides and derivatives / Cardenolide glycosides and derivatives
3-[(1R,3R,5R,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-(3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxy-1,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one 272417 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2CC3CCC4C(C3(C(C2)O)C)CCC5(C4(CCC5C6=CC(=O)OC6)O)C)O)OC)O 550.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7
3-[(1R,3R,5S,8R,9R,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-[(2R,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-1,14-dihydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one 134687864 Click to see 550.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7
3-[(1R,3S,5S,8R,9S,10R,11R,13R,14S,17R)-1,5,11,14-tetrahydroxy-10-(hydroxymethyl)-13-methyl-3-[(2R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-2H-furan-5-one 24840724 Click to see 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7
Acolongifloriside K 22624 Click to see 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7
Ouabain 439501 Click to see 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7
Pharmakon1600-01500676 12420 Click to see 584.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(85)90094-7

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