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Internal ID UUID643fef874949f690361905
Scientific name Tragia benthamii
Authority Baker
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 128 (1910)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tragia cordifolia Benth. Niger Fl. : 501 (1849)
Tragia kassiliensis Beille Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 126 (1910)
Tragia keniensis Rendle J. Bot. 70: 164 (1932)
Tragia mitis var. kirkii Müll.Arg. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(2): 942. 1866

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Ivory Coast
      • Nigeria
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000326601
Tropicos 12804285
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:357675-1
The Plant List kew-207229
Open Tree Of Life 3910212
NCBI Taxonomy 1777524
IPNI 357675-1
iNaturalist 595591
GBIF 3061791
EPPO TRDBE
EOL 1149822

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Exploring the Antioxidant Potential of Tragia volubilis L.: Mitigating Chemotherapeutic Effects of Doxorubicin on Tumor Cells Bailon-Moscoso N, Coronel-Hidalgo J, Duarte-Casar R, Guamán-Ortiz LM, Figueroa JG, Romero-Benavides JC Antioxidants (Basel) 14-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10669231
doi:10.3390/antiox12112003
PMID:38001856
Flavonoid Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Tragia volubilis L. Methanolic Extract Romero-Benavides JC, Atiencie-Valarezo NC, Duarte-Casar R Plants (Basel) 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10490261
doi:10.3390/plants12173139
PMID:37687385
Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Omara T, Odongo S, Ssebugere P, Lugasi SO, Gumula I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10439835
doi:10.1155/2023/6878852
PMID:37600549
Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Applications of Under-Explored Knottin Peptide-Rich Phytomedicines Attah FA, Lawal BA, Yusuf AB, Adedeji OJ, Folahan JT, Akhigbe KO, Roy T, Lawal AA, Ogah NB, Olorundare OE, Chamcheu JC Plants (Basel) 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9737898
doi:10.3390/plants11233271
PMID:36501311
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Tragia L. Genus: Ethnopharmacological Use, Phytochemical Composition and Biological Activity Duarte-Casar R, Romero-Benavides JC Plants (Basel) 10-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8705345
doi:10.3390/plants10122717
PMID:34961188
PHYTOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROFILES OF TRAGIA SPECIES (FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE) Reddy BS, Rao NR, Vijeepallam K, Pandy V Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 01-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5412214
doi:10.21010/ajtcam.v14i3.11
PMID:28480421
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plant species used by communities around Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda Tugume P, Kakudidi EK, Buyinza M, Namaalwa J, Kamatenesi M, Mucunguzi P, Kalema J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Jan-2016
PMCID:PMC4712608
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0077-4
PMID:26762159
Antibacterial activities of Fagara macrophylla, Canarium schweinfurthii, Myrianthus arboreus, Dischistocalyx grandifolius and Tragia benthamii against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria Seukep JA, Ngadjui B, Kuete V Springerplus 01-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4627964
doi:10.1186/s40064-015-1375-y
PMID:26543702
Cytotoxicity of selected Cameroonian medicinal plants and Nauclea pobeguinii towards multi-factorial drug-resistant cancer cells Kuete V, Sandjo LP, Mbaveng AT, Seukep JA, Ngadjui BT, Efferth T BMC Complement Altern Med 04-Sep-2015
PMCID:PMC4559964
doi:10.1186/s12906-015-0841-y
PMID:26341728

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