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Chironia baccifera

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
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Internal ID UUID644010e15c628490652623
Scientific name Chironia baccifera
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 190 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Roeslinia tetragona Moench Suppl. Meth. : 212 (1802)
Roeslinia baccifera G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 203 (1837)
Chironia baccata Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 1: 211 (1841)
Chironia baccifera var. burchellii Prain Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 292 1908
Chironia baccifera var. dilatata E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 180 1838
Chironia baccifera var. elongata E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 180 1838
Chironia baccifera var. grandiflora Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent. 105 1839
Chironia parviflora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 136 (1796)

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Language Common/alternative name
English christmas berry
Afrikaans bitterbos
Afrikaans aambeibossie
Chinese 浆果绮龙花

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000602662
Tropicos 13800887
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:366779-1
The Plant List kew-2718730
Open Tree Of Life 840059
NCBI Taxonomy 82706
IPNI 366779-1
iNaturalist 426226
GBIF 5595999
USDA GRIN 450686
Wikipedia Chironia_baccifera

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
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
Medicinal Plants for Mitigating Pain and Inflammatory-Related Conditions: An Appraisal of Ethnobotanical Uses and Patterns in South Africa Aremu AO, Pendota SC Front Pharmacol 22-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8569556
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.758583
PMID:34744737
A Review of Plant-Based Therapies for the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections in Traditional Southern African Medicine Cock I, Mavuso N, Van Vuuren S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8346297
doi:10.1155/2021/7341124
PMID:34367307
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7383173
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113204
PMID:32730881
Medicinal Plants Used for the Traditional Management of Diabetes in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: Pharmacology and Toxicology Odeyemi S, Bradley G Molecules 25-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6278280
doi:10.3390/molecules23112759
PMID:30366359
Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Tuberculosis by Bapedi Traditional Healers in Three Districts of the Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Maroyi A Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 31-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3746579
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v10i2.17
PMID:24146456
In vivo Studies on Antidiabetic Plants Used in South African Herbal Medicine J. Afolayan A, O. Sunmonu T J Clin Biochem Nutr 23-Jun-2010
PMCID:PMC2935160
doi:10.3164/jcbn.09-126R
PMID:20838564
Search for Bitter Principles in Chironia Species by LC-MS and Isolation of a New Secoiridoid Diglycoside from Chironia krebsii Jean-Luc Wolfender, Matthias Hamburger, Kurt Hostettmann, Jerôme D. Msonthi, Steven Mavi American Chemical Society (ACS) 31-May-2007
doi:10.1021/NP50095A004

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
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(3S,4R,4aS)-4-ethenyl-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-4,4a,5,6-tetrahydro-3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-8-one 354447 Click to see 358.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50095A004

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