Platostoma africanum - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID643fe7e20cba2151551252
Scientific name Platostoma africanum
Authority P.Beauv.
First published in Fl. Oware 2: 61 (1818)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ocimum flaccidum A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 179 (1850)
Ocimum sylvaticum Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 270 (1827)
Platystoma buettnerianum Briq Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(2-3): 166. 1894 [21 Aug 1894]
Platostoma djalonense A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franc. 1: 513. 1920 (1920)
Platystoma flaccidum Briq. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(2-3): 165. 1894 [21 Aug 1894]
Platostoma flaccidum Benth. & Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 611 (1885)
Geniosporum palisotii Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. : 22 (1832)

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Language Common/alternative name
Hausa kimbar rafi

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Zambia
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
    • Malesia
      • Lesser Sunda Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000274773
Tropicos 17600247
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:454218-1
The Plant List kew-157444
Open Tree Of Life 1070849
NCBI Taxonomy 204156
IPNI 454218-1
iNaturalist 507023
GBIF 3896944
EPPO PQOAF
USDA GRIN 450197

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by the people of Soro District, Hadiya Zone, southern Ethiopia Hankiso M, Asfaw Z, Warkineh B, Abebe A, Sisay B, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10885532
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00651-6
PMID:38389077
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
Antimicrobial Potential of Aqueous Extract of Giant Sword Fern and Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Analysis Venmathi Maran BA, Palaniveloo K, Mahendran T, Chellappan DK, Tan JK, Yong YS, Lal MT, Joning EJ, Chong WS, Babich O, Sukhikh S, Shah MD Molecules 15-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10460075
doi:10.3390/molecules28166075
PMID:37630329
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
A Review on the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Natural Products in Preventing Bone Diseases Okagu IU, Ezeorba TP, Aguchem RN, Ohanenye IC, Aham EC, Okafor SN, Bollati C, Lammi C Int J Mol Sci 30-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9368769
doi:10.3390/ijms23158468
PMID:35955603
Ethnoveterinary knowledge of sheep and goat farmers in Benin (West Africa): effect of socioeconomic and environmental factors Tchetan E, Olounlade AP, Houehanou TD, Azando EV, Kaneho JA, Houinato MR, Hounzangbe-Adote SM, Quetin-Leclercq J, Gbaguidi FA Heliyon 24-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8339241
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07656
PMID:34381905
Edible Leafy Vegetables from West Africa (Guinea-Bissau): Consumption, Trade and Food Potential Catarino L, Romeiras MM, Bancessi Q, Duarte D, Faria D, Monteiro F, Moldão M Foods 14-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6836000
doi:10.3390/foods8100493
PMID:31615037
Ecological data in support of an analysis of Guinea-Bissau׳s medicinal flora Catarino L, Havik PJ, Indjai B, Romeiras MM Data Brief 30-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC5063803
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.077
PMID:27761498
The “Bringing into Cultivation” Phase of the Plant Domestication Process and Its Contributions to In Situ Conservation of Genetic Resources in Benin Vodouhè R, Dansi A ScientificWorldJournal 22-May-2012
PMCID:PMC3366210
doi:10.1100/2012/176939
PMID:22693431
Precocene I and Other Constituents of the Essential Oil of Platostoma africanum. Onayade OA, Looman A, Scheffer JJ, Svendsen AB Planta Med 01-Dec-1989
doi:10.1055/S-2006-962093
PMID:17262477

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives
1-Phenylethanol 7409 Click to see CC(C1=CC=CC=C1)O 122.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Phenylethyl Alcohol 6054 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CCO 122.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzyl alcohols
Benzyl Alcohol 244 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CO 108.14 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Methoxybenzenes / Dimethoxybenzenes
Isoeugenyl methyl ether 1549045 Click to see CC=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)OC)OC 178.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Benzenoids / Phenol ethers / Anisoles
Anethole 637563 Click to see CC=CC1=CC=C(C=C1)OC 148.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Elemicin 10248 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1OC)OC)CC=C 208.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Eugenol 3314 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC=C)O 164.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Hexanol 8103 Click to see CCCCCCO 102.17 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
1-Octanol 957 Click to see CCCCCCCCO 130.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
1-Octen-3-Ol 18827 Click to see CCCCCC(C=C)O 128.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
Linalool, (+/-)- 6549 Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
(+)-Menthone 443159 Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(1S,2R,5S)-2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl acetate 62335 Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)OC(=O)C)C(C)C 198.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Menthol 1254 Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)O)C(C)C 156.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Menthyl acetate 27867 Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)OC(=O)C)C(C)C 198.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
p-Menthan-3-one 6986 Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C 154.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(-)-beta-Bourbonene 324224 Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2(C1C3C2CCC3=C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(-)-beta-Curcumene 14014430 Click to see CC1=CCC(=CC1)C(C)CCC=C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(+)-delta-Cadinene 441005 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(=C2CC1)C)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(+)-Gamma-cadinene 6432404 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=C)CCC2C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo[4.4.0.02,7]dec-3-ene 92042749 Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(1R,4aR,8aS)-1,6-dimethyl-4-propan-2-yl-3,4,4a,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-ol 5315594 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(C2CC1)(C)O)C(C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(1R,4aR)-4,7-dimethyl-1-propan-2-yl-1,2,4a,5,6,8a-hexahydronaphthalene 5315589 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=CCC2C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
(1R,4S,4aR)-1,6-dimethyl-4-propan-2-yl-3,4,4a,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-ol 5315592 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(C2CC1)(C)O)C(C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
1-Methyl-4-(6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl)cyclohexa-1,4-diene 5316213 Click to see CC1=CCC(=CC1)C(C)CCCC(=C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
1,2,4a,5,6,8a-Hexahydro-1-isopropyl-4,7-dimethylnaphthalene 101708 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=CCC2C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
3-[(2S)-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]-6-methylidenecyclohexene 5321277 Click to see CC(CCC=C(C)C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
3,4-Dihydrocadalene 528708 Click to see CC1=CCC(C2=C1C=CC(=C2)C)C(C)C 200.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
alpha-Cadinene, (+)- 12306048 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=CCC2C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
alpha-Cadinol 10398656 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(C2CC1)(C)O)C(C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
alpha-Calacorene 12302243 Click to see CC1=CCC(C2=C1C=CC(=C2)C)C(C)C 200.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
alpha-Muurolene 12306047 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=CCC2C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
beta-Bourbonene 62566 Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2(C1C3C2CCC3=C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
beta-Cubebene 93081 Click to see CC1CCC(C2C13C2C(=C)CC3)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Beta-Sesquiphellandrene 12315492 Click to see CC(CCC=C(C)C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Cadina-1(10),4-diene 10223 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(=C2CC1)C)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Caryophyllene 5281515 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Cedrelanol 160799 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(C2CC1)(C)O)C(C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Copaene 19725 Click to see CC1=CCC2C3C1C2(CCC3C(C)C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
delta-Cadinol 3084311 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CCC(C2CC1)(C)O)C(C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
gamma-Cadinene 15094 Click to see CC1=CC2C(CC1)C(=C)CCC2C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Humulene 5281520 Click to see CC1=CCC(C=CCC(=CCC1)C)(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
trans-Nerolidol 5284507 Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C 222.37 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aristolane sesquiterpenoids
1H-Cyclopropa(a)naphthalene, 1a,2,3,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydro-1,1,7,7a-tetramethyl-, (1aR-(1aalpha,7alpha,7aalpha,7balpha))- 15560278 Click to see CC1CCC=C2C1(C3C(C3(C)C)CC2)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Calarene 28481 Click to see CC1CCC=C2C1(C3C(C3(C)C)CC2)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
Beta-Elemene 6918391 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC(C(C1)C(=C)C)(C)C=C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Eudesmane, isoeudesmane or cycloeudesmane sesquiterpenoids
beta-Selinene 442393 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(CCCC(=C)C2C1)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> 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-2006-962093
Germacrene D 5317570 Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones / Enones
(4E)-4-Octen-3-one 5369061 Click to see CCCC=CC(=O)CC 126.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
Oct-4-en-3-one 84216 Click to see CCCC=CC(=O)CC 126.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Ketones
3-Octanone 246728 Click to see CCCCCC(=O)CC 128.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Cinnamic acids
Cinnamic acid 444539 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)O 148.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093
cis-Cinnamic acid 5372954 Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)C=CC(=O)O 148.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962093

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