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Among the Mapuche of southern Chile, the leaves of Hoslundia opposita are infused to ease fevers and stomach pains (Bennett et al., 2021). In the Phong Nha–Ke Bang region of central Vietnam, villagers prepare a decoction of the roots as a bitter tonic for digestive complaints (Nguyen et al., 2013). In east Africa, healers boil the leaves in water to make a decoction taken for malaria and dysentery; the practice is recorded in BOG-1, 2nd edition (Iwu, 2014) and cited again by Gertsch (2011). In the Thoubal district of Manipur, India, traditional healers crush the roots and simmer them to obtain a decoction taken orally to treat urinary schistosomiasis (Singh et al., 2008).

Practical preparation—mild leaf infusion: Place 2–3 g of fresh leaves (about a small handful) in a cup and pour 250 ml of just‑boiled water over them. Cover and steep 10 minutes, then strain. Drink one cup one to two times daily for mild fever or stomach upset. Safety: Standard use limits are not established; start with small amounts and avoid in pregnancy due to the bitter constituents. In severe or persistent illness, consult a qualified clinician.

The principal actives plausibly supporting these uses are triterpenoid acids such as oleanolic and ursolic acids, sesquiterpenoids (e.g., eremophilane‑type ketones), iridoid glycosides, and flavonoids such as quercetin—compounds documented for this species in TLC/HPTLC and phytochemical analyses that are associated with antiplasmodial, antimicrobial, and spasmolytic activity (Tchabouré et al., 2009; Tchinda et al., 2010). These constituents align with the traditional emphasis on fevers, malaria, and gut complaints.

Modern relevance: Leaf teas and decoctions remain in use, with clinical evaluation of antiplasmodial potential underway, and dried leaf products are available in regional herbal commerce.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Hoslundia decumbens	Benth.	Prodr. 12: 54 (1848)
Hoslundia oppositifolia	P.Beauv.	Fl. Oware 1: 53 (1806)
Hoslundia verticillata	Vahl	Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 213 (1804)
Micranthes menthoides	Bertol.	Mem. Acc. Sc. Bolog. ix. (1858) 172; (Misc. Bot. xix. 8. t. 4).
Orthosiphon physocalycinus	A.Rich.	Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 180 (1850)
Premna longipes	Baker	Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 288 (1900)
Clerodendrum micranthum	Gilli	Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 77: 29 (1973)
Hoslundia opposita var. verticillata	(Vahl) Baker	Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 377. 1900
Hoslundia opposita var. decumbens	(Benth.) Baker	Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 377. 1900

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- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Caprivi Strip
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
  - Swaziland
- West Tropical Africa
  - Benin
  - Burkina
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Guinea
  - Guinea-Bissau
  - Ivory Coast
  - Liberia
  - Mali
  - Niger
  - Nigeria
  - Senegal
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  - Rwanda
  - Zaïre
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000215083
Tropicos	17602845
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:447886-1
The Plant List	kew-100248
Open Tree Of Life	707364
NCBI Taxonomy	204228
IPNI	447886-1
iNaturalist	340372
GBIF	3884477
EPPO	HSLOP
EOL	5380680
USDA GRIN	407622

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Scientific Literature Top

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Medicinal plants used for cutaneous wound healing in Uganda; ethnomedicinal reports and pharmacological evidences

Gang R, Okello D, Kang Y

Heliyon

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PMCID:	PMC11058731
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29717
PMID:	38694090

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Amekyeh H, Kumadoh D, Adongo DW, Orman E, Abubakar S, Dwamena A, Aggrey MO

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Medicinal herbs and their metabolites with biological potential to protect and combat liver toxicity and its disorders: A review

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A comprehensive review of antimalarial medicinal plants used by Tanzanians

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Lived experiences and drivers of induced abortion among women in central Uganda

Kibira SP, Stillman M, Makumbi FE, Giorgio M, Nabukeera S, Nalwoga GK, Sully EA

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Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads

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J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

27-Oct-2023

PMCID:	PMC10605377
doi:	10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:	37884931

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

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PMCID:	PMC10623325
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2023.1268924
PMID:	37927601

Potential of Selected African Medicinal Plants as Alternative Therapeutics against Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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doi:	10.3390/biomedicines11102605
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Ethnobotanical study of nutraceutical plants used to manage opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Acholi sub-region, Northern Uganda

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PMID:	37658427

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Malar J

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PMID:	36932389

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Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids
(1,1-dimethyl-5,6-dioxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,10a-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl) benzoate	162897787	Click to see CC(C)C1=CC2=C(C3=CCC(C(C3C=C2)(C)C)OC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4)C(=O)C1=O	402.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
(5-hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-6-oxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,4-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl) 3-phenylprop-2-enoate	85103381	Click to see	444.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
(5-hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-6-oxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,4-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl) benzoate	85153781	Click to see CC(C)C1=CC2=CC=C3C(C(CCC3(C2=C(C1=O)O)C)OC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4)(C)C	418.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
(6-Hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthren-2-yl) benzoate	163003722	Click to see	406.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
[(2S,10aR)-1,1-dimethyl-5,6-dioxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,10a-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl] benzoate	162897788	Click to see CC(C)C1=CC2=C(C3=CCC(C(C3C=C2)(C)C)OC(=O)C4=CC=CC=C4)C(=O)C1=O	402.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
[(2S,4aS,10aR)-6-hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthren-2-yl] benzoate	101635422	Click to see	406.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
[(2S,4aS)-5-hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-6-oxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,4-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl] (E)-3-phenylprop-2-enoate	10049125	Click to see	444.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
[(2S,4aS)-5-hydroxy-1,1,4a-trimethyl-6-oxo-7-propan-2-yl-3,4-dihydro-2H-phenanthren-2-yl] benzoate	10477133	Click to see	418.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97526-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Acyclic diterpenoids
3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-OL	5366244	Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=CCO)C	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962206
Phytol	5280435	Click to see CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(=CCO)C	296.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962206
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Germacrane sesquiterpenoids
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-diene	91723653	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962206
Germacrene D	5317570	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962206
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(+)-Ursolic Acid	64945	Click to see	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
2-Epitormentic acid	490364	Click to see	488.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
2alpha,3alpha,19 alpha-Trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-oic acid	73645	Click to see	488.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
Alpha-Amyrin	73170	Click to see	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
Beta-Amyrin	73145	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
Euscaphic Acid	471426	Click to see	488.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
Oleanolic Acid	10494	Click to see	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
(24R)-5-Ergosten-3beta-ol	312822	Click to see	400.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
(3S,8S,9S,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	134766514	Click to see	400.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,5S,9S,10S,13R,17R)-17-[(2R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	91746710	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	416.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
(3S,6R)-6-[(8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-3-propan-2-ylheptan-1-ol	56924079	Click to see	416.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol	86821	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
Stigmast-5-en-3-ol	22012	Click to see	414.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see	412.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid C-glycosides
6-(4,5-Dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one	74977419	Click to see CC1C(C(CC(O1)C2=C(C=C3C(=C2O)C(=O)C=C(O3)C4=CC=CC=C4)OC)O)O	398.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80869-3
6-[(2R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]-5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one	15726098	Click to see CC1C(C(CC(O1)C2=C(C=C3C(=C2O)C(=O)C=C(O3)C4=CC=CC=C4)OC)O)O	398.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80869-3
Hoslunddiol	44257619	Click to see	398.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80869-3
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
5-O-Methylhoslundin	15726099	Click to see	420.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4 https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
Hosloppin	44257646	Click to see	392.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014
Hoslundal	15726097	Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)OC(=CC2=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)O)CC=O	310.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80869-3
Hoslundin	15726096	Click to see	406.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50115A014 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80869-3
Oppositin	10477206	Click to see	420.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4
Tectochrysin	5281954	Click to see	268.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95112-4

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