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Internal ID UUID644036d169a5a709719645
Scientific name Croton megalobotrys
Authority Müll.Arg.
First published in Flora 47: 537 (1864)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oxydectes megalobotrys Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891)
Croton gubouga S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 196 (1911)

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Language Common/alternative name
English large fever berry
Afrikaans koorsbessie
French oxydectes megalobotrys
French croton gubouga

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000931663
USDA Plants CRME15
Tropicos 12802905
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:342967-1
The Plant List kew-50523
Open Tree Of Life 464028
NCBI Taxonomy 493963
IUCN Red List 146211434
IPNI 342967-1
iNaturalist 340314
GBIF 3060022
EOL 1146908
USDA GRIN 312683

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Leopard density and interspecific spatiotemporal interactions in a hyena‐dominated landscape Vissia S, Fattebert J, van Langevelde F Ecol Evol 05-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9534747
doi:10.1002/ece3.9365
PMID:36225822
Potential Benefits of Antiviral African Medicinal Plants in the Management of Viral Infections: Systematic Review Beressa TB, Deyno S, Mtewa AG, Aidah N, Tuyiringire N, Lukubye B, Weisheit A, Tolo CU, Ogwang PE Front Pharmacol 24-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8740180
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.682794
PMID:35002686
Plant-Based Natural Products and Extracts: Potential Source to Develop New Antiviral Drug Candidates Thomas E, Stewart LE, Darley BA, Pham AM, Esteban I, Panda SS Molecules 14-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8537559
doi:10.3390/molecules26206197
PMID:34684782
Methane flux measurements along a floodplain soil moisture gradient in the Okavango Delta, Botswana Gondwe MJ, Helfter C, Murray-Hudson M, Levy PE, Mosimanyana E, Makati A, Mfundisi KB, Skiba UM Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 27-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8754158
doi:10.1098/rsta.2020.0448
PMID:34565229
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
Abstracts of the 9th HIV Persistence During Therapy Workshop: 10–13 December 2019, Miami, Florida, USA N/A J Virus Erad 09-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6919427
Ethnomedicinal Wisdom: An Approach for Antiviral Drug Development Mahapatra AD, Bhowmik P, Banerjee A, Das A, Ojha D, Chattopadhyay D New Look to Phytomedicine 26-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC7149776
doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-814619-4.00003-3
The importance of vegetation density for tourists’ wildlife viewing experience and satisfaction in African savannah ecosystems Arbieu U, Grünewald C, Schleuning M, Böhning-Gaese K PLoS One 28-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5619831
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0185793
PMID:28957420
Sap flow variation in selected riparian woodland species in the Okavango Delta, Botswana Lubinda AK, Murray‐Hudson M, Green S Afr J Ecol 28-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC7159445
doi:10.1111/aje.12401
PMID:32313343
matK-QR classifier: a patterns based approach for plant species identification More RP, Mane RC, Purohit HJ BioData Min 09-Dec-2016
PMCID:PMC5148893
doi:10.1186/s13040-016-0120-6
PMID:27990177
Ethnobotanical Study of Plants Used in the Management of HIV/AIDS-Related Diseases in Livingstone, Southern Province, Zambia Chinsembu KC Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4812351
doi:10.1155/2016/4238625
PMID:27069489
Mating competitiveness of sterile genetic sexing strain males (GAMA) under laboratory and semi-field conditions: Steps towards the use of the Sterile Insect Technique to control the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in South Africa Munhenga G, Brooke BD, Gilles JR, Slabbert K, Kemp A, Dandalo LC, Wood OR, Lobb LN, Govender D, Renke M, Koekemoer LL Parasit Vectors 02-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4774148
doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1385-9
PMID:26934869
Habitat Selection by African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Response to Landscape-Level Fluctuations in Water Availability on Two Temporal Scales Bennitt E, Bonyongo MC, Harris S PLoS One 01-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4077810
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101346
PMID:24983377
Ethno-Veterinary Practices Amongst Livestock Farmers in Ngamiland District, Botswana Gabalebatse M, Ngwenya BN, Teketay D, Kolawole OD Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 12-Apr-2013
PMCID:PMC3777591
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v10i3.16
PMID:24146479
Plants of Zimbabwe Used as Anti-Fertility Agents Sewani-Rusike CR Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 03-Apr-2010
PMCID:PMC3025620
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v7i3.54785
PMID:21461153

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Branched fatty acids / Methyl-branched fatty acids
Isovaleric Acid 10430 Click to see 102.13 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT9191500923
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Proline and derivatives
(4R)-4-Hydroxy-1-methyl-L-proline 11768700 Click to see CN1CC(CC1C(=O)O)O 145.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT9191500923
l-[-]-4-Hydroxy-1-methylproline 237040 Click to see CN1CC(CC1C(=O)O)O 145.16 unknown https://doi.org/10.1039/CT9191500923

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