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Croton sylvaticus

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Internal ID UUID644036f4cd48d191910649
Scientific name Croton sylvaticus
Authority Hochst.
First published in Flora 28: 82 (1845)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Oxydectes oxypetala Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 612 (1891)
Oxydectes sylvatica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 613 (1891)
Claoxylon sphaerocarpum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 284 (1898)
Croton asperifolius Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 79 (1909)
Croton bukobensis Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 43: 77 (1909)
Croton oxypetalus Müll.Arg. J. Bot. 2: 339 (1864)
Croton stuhlmannii Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 80 (1894)
Croton verdickii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 2: 277 (1908)
Croton silvaticus Hochstetter ex Krauss-

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans boskoorsbessie
French oxydectes oxypetala
French oxydectes sylvatica
French claoxylon sphaerocarpum
French croton asperifolius
French croton bukobensis
French croton oxypetalus
French croton stuhlmannii
French croton verdickii

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000932507
Tropicos 12802913
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:343591-1
The Plant List kew-51313
Open Tree Of Life 1025275
NCBI Taxonomy 992677
IUCN Red List 146440274
IPNI 343591-1
iNaturalist 430901
GBIF 3058910
Freebase /m/0bwhxxk
EOL 1146504
Wikipedia Croton_sylvaticus

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Scientific Literature Top

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Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
The impact of land cover change on the carbon stock of moist afromontane forests in the Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve Tadese S, Soromessa T, Aneseye AB, Gebeyehu G, Noszczyk T, Kindu M Carbon Balance Manag 07-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10702131
doi:10.1186/s13021-023-00243-z
PMID:38060048
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
Friends in high places: Interspecific grooming between chimpanzees and primate prey species in Budongo Forest Freymann E, Huffman MA, Muhumuza G, Gideon MM, Zuberbühler K, Hobaiter C Primates 15-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9930027
doi:10.1007/s10329-023-01053-0
PMID:36790568
Chemical Composition and In Vitro and In Silico Antileishmanial Evaluation of the Essential Oil from Croton linearis Jacq. Stems García-Díaz J, Escalona-Arranz JC, Ochoa-Pacheco A, Santos SG, González-Fernández R, Rojas-Vargas JA, Monzote L, Setzer WN Antibiotics (Basel) 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9774621
doi:10.3390/antibiotics11121712
PMID:36551370
Phytochemical Screening and Isolation of New Ent-Clerodane Diterpenoids from Croton guatemalensis Lotsy Escandón-Rivera SM, Andrade-Cetto A, Rosas-Ramírez DG, Arreguín-Espinosa R Plants (Basel) 18-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9692395
doi:10.3390/plants11223159
PMID:36432893
Biologically Active Diterpenoids in the Clerodendrum Genus—A Review Kuźma Ł, Gomulski J Int J Mol Sci 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9569547
doi:10.3390/ijms231911001
PMID:36232298
A Review of African Medicinal Plants and Functional Foods for the Management of Alzheimer's Disease-related Phenotypes, Treatment of HSV-1 Infection and/or Improvement of Gut Microbiota Tettevi EJ, Maina M, Simpong DL, Osei-Atweneboana MY, Ocloo A J Evid Based Integr Med 21-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9310297
doi:10.1177/2515690X221114657
PMID:35866220
Traditional Medicinal Plants as a Source of Antituberculosis Drugs: A System Review Xu Y, Liang B, Kong C, Sun Z Biomed Res Int 08-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8448615
doi:10.1155/2021/9910365
PMID:34541000
The Search for Putative Hits in Combating Leishmaniasis: The Contributions of Natural Products Over the Last Decade Sakyi PO, Amewu RK, Devine RN, Ismaila E, Miller WA, Kwofie SK Nat Prod Bioprospect 14-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8279035
doi:10.1007/s13659-021-00311-2
PMID:34260050
South Africa’s Best BARK Medicines Prescribed at the Johannesburg Muthi Markets for Skin, Gut, and Lung Infections: MIC’s and Brine Shrimp Lethality Khumalo GP, Sadgrove NJ, Van Vuuren SF, Van Wyk BE Antibiotics (Basel) 07-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8227155
doi:10.3390/antibiotics10060681
PMID:34200286
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
Leishmanicidal Potential of Hardwickiic Acid Isolated From Croton sylvaticus Crentsil JA, Yamthe LR, Anibea BZ, Broni E, Kwofie SK, Tetteh JK, Osei-Safo D Front Pharmacol 25-May-2020
PMCID:PMC7261830
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.00753
PMID:32523532
Cardioprotective Effect of Croton macrostachyus Stem Bark Extract and Solvent Fractions on Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Rats Ayza MA, Balasubramanian R, Berhe AH Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 31-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7150702
doi:10.1155/2020/8467406
PMID:32328140
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671

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