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Internal ID UUID6440367b9c170493639645
Scientific name Croton dichogamus
Authority Pax
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 78 (1909)

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Kinyarwanda umuhuhe

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000927820
Tropicos 12806126
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:342422-1
The Plant List kew-49769
Open Tree Of Life 3913733
NCBI Taxonomy 1670848
IUCN Red List 144311191
IPNI 342422-1
iNaturalist 342743
GBIF 3059533
EOL 1147266

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Ethnobotany of traditional cosmetics among the Oromo women in Madda Walabu District, Bale Zone, Southeastern Ethiopia Sultan S, Telila H, Kumsa L J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10960478
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00673-0
PMID:38519994
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya Maiyo ZC, Njeru SN, Toroitich FJ, Indieka SA, Obonyo MA Front Pharmacol 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10834697
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1328903
PMID:38313073
Role of diosgenin extracted from Helicteres isora L in suppression of HIV-1 replication: An in vitro preclinical study Rakshit S, More A, Gaikwad S, Seniya C, Gade A, Muley VY, Mukherjee A, Kamble K Heliyon 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10823083
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24350
PMID:38288021
Toxicity prediction and analysis of flavonoid apigenin as a histone deacetylase inhibitor: an in-silico approach Divya Rajaselvi N, Jida MD, Nair DB, Sujith S, Beegum N, Nisha AR In Silico Pharmacol 07-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10630278
doi:10.1007/s40203-023-00170-4
PMID:37941890
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
Assessment of Land Cover and Land Use Change Dynamics in Kibwezi Watershed, Kenya Ruttoh RC, Obiero JP, Omuto CT, Tanui L ScientificWorldJournal 12-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9763003
doi:10.1155/2022/3944810
PMID:36545372
Molecular Docking, Validation, Dynamics Simulations, and Pharmacokinetic Prediction of Phytochemicals Isolated From Croton dichogamus Against the HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Terefe EM, Ghosh A Bioinform Biol Insights 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9516429
doi:10.1177/11779322221125605
PMID:36185760
Cytotoxicity and anti-HIV activities of extracts of the twigs of Croton dichogamus Pax Terefe EM, Okalebo FA, Derese S, Batiha GE, Youssef A, Alorabi M, Muriuki J BMC Complement Med Ther 25-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8876114
doi:10.1186/s12906-022-03532-1
PMID:35216601
In Vitro Cytotoxicity and Anti-HIV Activity of Crude Extracts of Croton macrostachyus, Croton megalocarpus and Croton dichogamus Terefe EM, Okalebo FA, Derese S, Muriuki J, Batiha GE J Exp Pharmacol 22-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8866981
doi:10.2147/JEP.S335104
PMID:35221732
Phytochemical Analysis and Investigation of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities of Croton dichogamus Pax Crude Root Extracts Matara DN, Nguta JM, Musila FM, Mapenay I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 23-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8328688
doi:10.1155/2021/2699269
PMID:34349822
Late Holocene environmental change and anthropogenic: Ecosystem interaction on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya Muiruri V, Marchant R, Rucina SM, Scott L, Lane PJ Ambio 16-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8800970
doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01554-6
PMID:34136994
Medicinal plants used in managing diseases of the respiratory system among the Luo community: an appraisal of Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya Mailu JK, Nguta JM, Mbaria JM, Okumu MO Chin Med 03-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7469313
doi:10.1186/s13020-020-00374-2
PMID:32905471
Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, and phytochemistry of traditional medicinal plants used in the management of symptoms of tuberculosis in East Africa: a systematic review Obakiro SB, Kiprop A, Kowino I, Kigondu E, Odero MP, Omara T, Bunalema L Trop Med Health 14-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7427981
doi:10.1186/s41182-020-00256-1
PMID:32818019
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

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