Vangueria madagascariensis

Details Top

Internal ID UUID643ff04f0ed54470496046
Scientific name Vangueria madagascariensis
Authority J.F.Gmel.
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis] : 367 (1791)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

Write a new one!
No ethnobotanical data added yet. Help us by writing one.

General Uses Top

Write a new one!
No general uses added yet. Help us by writing one.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Vangueria edulis Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. ii. 313.
Dondisia foetida Hasskl. Flora 25, Beibl. 2: 24 & 28: 231 1842

Common names Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

Language Common/alternative name
English smooth wild-medlar
English smooth-leaved wild-medlar
English voa vanga
Spanish canthium maleolens
Spanish vavanga chinensis
Spanish canthium edule
Spanish vavanga edulis
Spanish dondisia foetida
Spanish vangueria edulis
Afrikaans gladdeblaarwildemispel
Arabic فنجرية مدغشقرية
French vavangue
French vavangue ou vangueria madagascariensis
Ganda voa-vanga
Ganda spanish tamarind
Ganda amatuggunda
Ganda ettugunda
Russian Воаванга
Chinese 马达加斯加斑嘉果
Chinese 圆滑果
Chinese 圓滑果

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subspecies added yet.

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
Name Authority First published in
Vangueria madagascariensis var. abyssinica (A.Rich.) Puff Rubiac. Fl. Ethiopia : 108 (1989)
Vangueria madagascariensis var. madagascariensis Unknown

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subvariety added yet.

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No forms added yet.

Germination/Propagation Top

Suggest a correction or add new data!
No germination or propagation data was added yet.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Seychelles
  • Pacific
    • South-central Pacific
      • Marquesas
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador

Links to other databases Top

Suggest others/fix!
Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000331269
USDA Plants VAMA5
Tropicos 27904788
INPN 447563
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:769766-1
The Plant List kew-211711
Open Tree Of Life 985522
NCBI Taxonomy 43577
IUCN Red List 146447633
IPNI 769766-1
iNaturalist 466936
GBIF 2917777
Freebase /m/0h3qgz9
EPPO VAGMA
EOL 1104111
USDA GRIN 103314
Wikipedia Vangueria_madagascariensis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania Mgalula ME J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10895781
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00668-x
PMID:38403583
A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 25-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10812860
doi:10.1080/13880209.2024.2305453
PMID:38270178
Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants in Melit area (North Darfur), Western Sudan Muhakr MA, Ahmed IM, El hassan GO, Yagi S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10765873
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00646-9
PMID:38172804
Above-ground carbon stocks and its functional relationship with tree species diversity: the case of Kakamega and North Nandi Forests, Kenya Obonyo OA, Agevi H, Tsingalia MH Sci Rep 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10684878
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-47871-6
PMID:38017012
Potential of medicinal plants as antimalarial agents: a review of work done at Kenya Medical Research Institute Irungu B, Okari E, Nyangi M, Njeru S, Koech L Front Pharmacol 20-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10623325
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:37927601
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
Free and Esterified Tocopherols, Tocotrienols and Other Extractable and Non-Extractable Tocochromanol-Related Molecules: Compendium of Knowledge, Future Perspectives and Recommendations for Chromatographic Techniques, Tools, and Approaches Used for Tocochromanol Determination Górnaś P, Baškirovs G, Siger A Molecules 04-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9573122
doi:10.3390/molecules27196560
PMID:36235100
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
Antibiotic resistance modifying ability of phytoextracts in anthrax biological agent Bacillus anthracis and emerging superbugs: a review of synergistic mechanisms Dassanayake MK, Khoo TJ, An J Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 02-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8641154
doi:10.1186/s12941-021-00485-0
PMID:34856999
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used to Treat Human and Livestock Ailments in Hulet Eju Enese Woreda, East Gojjam Zone of Amhara Region, Ethiopia Abebe BA, Chane Teferi S Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 29-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8021471
doi:10.1155/2021/6668541
PMID:33854558
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
Antimalarial Plants Used across Kenyan Communities Omara T Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7306085
doi:10.1155/2020/4538602
PMID:32617107
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Sheka Zone of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia Kassa Z, Asfaw Z, Demissew S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 05-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7003439
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-0358-4
PMID:32024539
Sustainable Elimination (Zero Cases) of Sleeping Sickness: How Far Are We from Achieving This Goal? Akazue PI, Ebiloma GU, Ajibola O, Isaac C, Onyekwelu K, Ezeh CO, Eze AA Pathogens 29-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6789789
doi:10.3390/pathogens8030135
PMID:31470522
Vangueria madagascariensis Fruit Tree: Nutritional, Phytochemical, Pharmacological, and Primary Health Care Applications as Herbal Medicine Maroyi A Scientifica (Cairo) 01-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6236520
doi:10.1155/2018/4596450
PMID:30515346

Phytochemical Profile Top

Add a new one!
No natural compounds are linked yet. If you wish to help please use this tool.

Gallery Top

We don't have an image yet. Upload an image!

Contributors Top

No known contributors. Be the first!

Collections Top

In private collections 0
In public collections 0
You need to be authenticated in order to add this taxon to a personal collection.